Update 26 Sep 2024: Former SAF regular gets jail and caning for raping 13-year-old girl, cries in the dock
A former Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) regular was sentenced to 10 years' jail and 12 strokes on the cane on Wednesday (Sep 25) for raping a 13-year-old girl at a staircase landing when he was twice her age.
Muhammad Mohamed Iqbal, who is now 29 and is no longer in the army, cried in the dock during proceedings, dabbing at his eyes with tissue paper. He pleaded guilty to one count of rape by oral penetration, and one count of possessing child abuse material. There are broadly three kinds of rape under Section 375: Penile-vaginal, penile-anal and penile-oral. It applies with or without the victim's consent if the victim is below 14.
The penalties for all three types of rape are a maximum of 20 years and a fine or caning. Muhammad held the rank of Military Expert 1 (ME1) at the time of his arrest, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) told CNA on Thursday. He was suspended from all duties after being charged in 2023 and "ceased to be employed by the SAF" that year, said the spokesperson.
140 cases of child sex abuse material offences investigated by police since 2020
Minister of State for Home Affairs Sun Xueling said that as crime evolves, so too must Singapore’s legal framework
Children are facing a greater risk of being sexually exploited because of new technologies, and it is challenging for the authorities to prosecute the predators.
And the best way for international law enforcement to tackle this is to work together, said US Ambassador to Singapore Jonathan Kaplan on Sept 16. He was speaking to about 180 officers and participants at the opening of the Child Forensic Interview Regional Workshop at the Police Cantonment Complex.
Recent cases in 2024:
- Aug 19 - Gan Qi Xuan, 26, admitted to downloading and storing child pornography from the dark web on his personal devices over eight years. His home was raided, and 178 videos and 153 pictures were found. He will be sentenced on Oct 3.
- Aug 16 - Wang Dian, 27, was sentenced to 15 months’ and two weeks’ jail for possession of child pornography. He became addicted to viewing child pornography after first viewing it online in 2019. He was arrested on Sept 9, 2020, after he was found with 57 video clips of children engaging in sexual activities.
- Aug 16 - Casino dealer Liew Yih Fui, 31, was sentenced to 21 months’ jail for downloading more than 750 child pornography videos over four years.
- Aug 15 - Teacher Eugene Quake, 40, was sentenced to 13 months’ jail after being found with 10 pictures containing child abuse material. The police raided his home on March 15, 2023. He was suspended from teaching after his arrest.
Jail for father who asked 10-year-old daughter for sex act while he was drunk, showed her obscene videos
A man, while intoxicated, asked his then 10-year-old daughter to stroke his penis and, on several occasions, showed her pornographic material from his phone.
On Tuesday (Aug 20), the man, now 55, was sentenced to 18 months' jail after pleading guilty to a charge of procuring an indecent act by a child or young person. Two charges were taken into consideration for sentencing. One for obtaining and circulating obscene material to a young person under 21 and another for possessing obscene material.
The man cannot be named by court order to protect the victim’s identity or anything that could lead to her identification. The man was residing in the same flat with his wife, parents-in-law, his two sons and the victim during the time of the incident.
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Jail and caning for man who had sex with girl, 13, and threatened her with videos of sex acts
He took a 13-year-old girl home, persuaded her to have sex, and took photos and videos of sex acts which he later used to blackmail her.
On Aug 19, Muhammad Waliuddin Muhammad Adrian Rogelio Galaura, 31, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual penetration of a minor, one count of possessing videos of sex acts which he made the girl perform, and another count of threatening to distribute an intimate image or recording.
He was sentenced to eight years’ and 14 months’ jail, and six strokes of the cane, after five other charges were taken into consideration.
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Man abused 11-year-old girl with special needs, hitting her with belt as her mother stood by
Angered by what he perceived as misbehaviour, a man slapped and used various objects to hit his girlfriend’s 11-year-old daughter, who has special needs, till she had bruises all over her body.
The abuse took place in the presence of the girl’s mother, who stood by and allowed it to happen.
On Aug 19, the man admitted to one charge of ill-treating the victim under the Children and Young Persons Act, while the woman pleaded guilty to knowingly permitting the abuse.
Man, 44, gets jail, caning for rape of 12-year-old girl he met on Instagram
Posing as a 16-year-old, a man befriended a 12-year-old girl on Instagram, and subsequently persuaded her to meet him on four occasions, where he engaged in sexual acts with her.
On Monday, Muhammad Hudri Ahmad, now 44, was sentenced to 19 years’ jail and 18 strokes of the cane by the High Court after he pleaded guilty to three charges of statutory rape.
Another 12 similar charges were taken into consideration, including five counts of sexual penetration of a minor and two counts of performing an obscene act with a young person.
Events helper jailed 40 months for sexually abusing 13-year-old girl
Muhammad Hudri Ahmad, a part-time events helper, had sexually abused a 13-year-old girl a day after meeting her online
A part-time events helper had sex with a 13-year-old girl a day after meeting her online and coaxing her to be his girlfriend.
Although Muhammad Hudri Ahmad was three times her age, he lied that he was 18 during their chat on Instagram on May 12 last year.
On their first meeting, he took the victim, who was in her school physical education uniform, to a staircase landing in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 and had sex with her.
Fatal child abuse - The crime of standing by and why mothers let their children die
A five-year-old boy is scalded to death after months of abuse by his parents. An 11-year-old girl is assaulted by her stepfather until she succumbs to internal injuries. Another five-year-old girl is routinely punched by her martial arts-trained father, until she dies in the toilet.
These are not just horrific stories – they are cases from Singapore’s courts in recent years depicting disturbingly similar scenarios – one parent or step-parent abuses a child while the other allows it, or even joins in. Eventually, the child dies. In January 2020, as part of sweeping reforms to Singapore’s Penal Code, a new offence came into force: Section 304C – for causing or allowing the death of a child aged below 14, or a domestic worker or vulnerable person in the same household. In cases that have come before Singapore’s courts involving the deaths of children, the parent who allowed the death was overwhelmingly a woman. What is the family dynamic in these cases and what can women in similar situations do?
In a report released in 2018, a committee tasked with reviewing the Penal Code noticed a spike in prosecutions of fatal abuse of vulnerable victims, with at least five such cases in the courts between January 2016 and December 2017. This was a sharp rise from the seven cases of fatal abuse of vulnerable victims prosecuted from 2000 to 2011.
Couple jailed for abusing 11-year-old girl who died of head injuries
A couple who abused an 11-year-old girl who died of head injuries was sentenced to jail on Thursday (Feb 15), with the stepfather getting a heftier term as he had killed the girl with blows from an exercise bar. The court also lifted the gag orders on the identities of the two abusers, even though the pair argued against it citing the impact on their surviving children.
Roslinda Jamil, 30, was sentenced to seven years, eight months and three weeks' jail for multiple charges. These include allowing the death of a child, the first such prosecution here involving the charge. Mohamad Fazli Selamat, 29, was given 15 years and 11 months' jail and 12 strokes of the cane. His charges include culpable homicide not amounting to murder, ill-treating the victim and voluntarily causing hurt with a weapon.
The girl had been abused by both her mother and stepfather for months in 2020. Fazli made her perform physical exercises as punishment. He also struck her with items such as a wooden backscratcher and a cane when she made mistakes in her homework for instance or slept instead of studying. Roslinda made the victim eat chilli padi. She also poured hot water over her daughter on one occasion, blistering her skin. The child did not go to school for a few months because Fazli and Roslinda feared that her bruises and injuries would lead to the discovery of the abuse.
Man jailed 34.5 years for killing 5-year-old daughter, confining his children in toilet for months
For almost two years, two young siblings endured abuse and neglect from their father, including being confined naked in the toilet for almost 10 months. The man, who had trained in silat, taekwondo and aikido, would repeatedly punch, slap, kick and cane the children, treating them as "punching bags" for his frustration.
Ayeesha and her brother were the offender's biological children from his first marriage. They entered foster care in June 2014 but returned to live with the offender and his second wife in early 2015. The man worked as an auxiliary police officer or security officer for different companies from 2003 to 2016. From 2016 to April 2017, he worked in a fast food restaurant. He was unemployed after that. He started facing financial difficulties in 2015 and would buy less food and diapers. He and his wife also reduced the children's meals to twice a day.
Ayeesha and her brother started playing with and eating their own faeces because they were hungry, and they lost weight. Towards the end of 2015, the man and his wife started physically abusing the children by hitting them. Ayeesha was then three, while her brother was two.
Couple found guilty of ‘horrific, inhumane’ abuse of 2-year-old boy
Every day for five weeks before his death, two-year-old Mohamad Daniel Mohamad Nasser suffered at the hands of his own mother and her boyfriend. Their abuse came to light when the boy eventually died of his injuries on Nov 23, 2015.
The couple kicked, slapped and stomped on Daniel daily, and forced the toddler to stand with his hands on his head for hours, clad only in his diapers. They also forced dried chilli down his throat. The boy’s mother Zaidah, 41, and her boyfriend Zaini Jamari, 46, pleaded guilty on Thursday (Jun 23) to one count each for causing grievous hurt causing death, and three counts each for child abuse.
The couple and their one-year-old baby, together with Daniel, Zaidah’s son from a previous relationship, lived in a one-room Telok Blangah flat with two housemates, who witnessed the abuse. The couple, both cleaners, will have another 26 and 18 charges for child abuse respectively, taken into consideration when they are sentenced on Jul 5.
Man charged with outrage of modesty for alleged sexual assault of 2-year-old girl
A 59-year-old man has been accused of sexually assaulting a two-year-old girl. The Malaysian, who is a Singapore permanent resident, was charged in court on Dec 6 with one count of using criminal force to a person below 14 years old with intent to outrage modesty. He cannot be named because of a gag order to protect the victim’s identity.
According to court documents, the man had allegedly used criminal force on the toddler by placing his right hand inside her diaper and using his fingers to molest her. The incident happened on Nov 9 between 1pm and 3pm. The location of the alleged offence was redacted from the charge sheet.
The Straits Times has learnt that the offence took place in a pre-school. In response to ST’s query, a spokesperson for the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) said the man, who is a non-teaching staff member, has been dismissed by the pre-school. “ECDA will not allow the staff to work in the pre-school sector while investigations are ongoing,” the agency added. The case has been adjourned to Dec 13.
Man who raped three of his daughters found unfit for caning, gets another 10 months' jail
A man who raped three of his daughters and sexually abused a fourth was given another 10 months' jail by the High Court on Monday (Oct 24) as he cannot receive the 24 strokes of the cane meted out to him. This is on top of his current jail term of 33 years and two months.
The 45-year-old Singaporean was certified to be permanently unfit for caning due to "mild congestive heart failure", the court heard. The former freelance kids' adventure camp instructor had admitted to raping or sexually assaulting four of his daughters between 2004 and 2018. His oldest daughter was sexually abused from the age of six or seven, and only his fifth and youngest daughter was spared.
The High Court, in sentencing him in March 2022, said he used his daughters as "his sex objects". The man also starved his daughters when he was angry with them and physically abused his wife and son.
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Court cuts doctor's access to his children after ex-wife accuses him of sex, porn obsession
A court has cut a doctor’s access to his children as sought by his ex-wife, who claimed the man had an unhealthy obsession with pornography and sex with underage girls. All parties were not named in the judgment released on Tuesday (Oct 24) by the family division of the High Court.
The couple, a teacher and a doctor both aged 43, had married in 2006 and had two children together - a 15-year-old daughter and a 12-year-old son. The mother began divorce proceedings in 2021 and an interim judgment was given granting the divorce. The father was also granted certain access to his children as part of these arrangements.
However, the mother filed an application asking the court to limit her ex-husband’s access to the children, including to stop him from having any overnight or overseas access to their kids. She argued that her ex-husband had not used any of this access granted anyway, and that he spent very little time with the kids.
Father sentenced to 14 years' jail for strangling twin sons with autism
A man was sentenced on Tuesday (Aug 15) to 14 years' jail for killing his twin sons in January 2022, in a tragedy that shook the nation.
Xavier Yap Jung Houn claimed that he did so because he felt his wife had given up on the two 11-year-old boys, who had autism, and that killing them would take away his wife's burdens.
He also feared that his sons would be bullied by others, and that no one would take care of them after he and his wife died. In sentencing, Justice Vincent Hoong said the jail terms could not "in any way compensate" for the tragic loss of the two young lives.
Man, 44, gets jail, caning for rape of 12-year-old girl he met on Instagram
Posing as a 16-year-old, a man befriended a 12-year-old girl on Instagram, and subsequently persuaded her to meet him on four occasions, where he engaged in sexual acts with her.
On Monday, Muhammad Hudri Ahmad, now 44, was sentenced to 19 years’ jail and 18 strokes of the cane by the High Court after he pleaded guilty to three charges of statutory rape. Another 12 similar charges were taken into consideration, including five counts of sexual penetration of a minor and two counts of performing an obscene act with a young person.
These offences took place in 2019, soon after Hudri was released from prison for having sex with a 13-year-old girl a day after meeting her online. He was convicted and sentenced to 40 months’ jail in 2016.
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4 men charged with molesting children in places including restaurant, HDB block
Four men were charged in court on Thursday over their suspected involvement in outrage of modesty cases involving children.
The victims were 14 years and below when they were allegedly molested. The men cannot be named to protect the victims’ identities.
One of the victims, a girl who was aged between 10 and 12 at the time, was molested on multiple occasions between 2018 and 2020 by a 25-year-old man, the police said on Wednesday.
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‘Clear danger to young boys’: Paedophile sentenced to 40 years in jail
A 31-year-old paedophile who first targeted pre-teen boys he befriended, then violated even younger relatives in their own homes, was sentenced to 40 years’ jail and 24 strokes of the cane on Monday.
The man, who was diagnosed with paedophilic disorder and assessed in a psychiatric report to be “a clear danger to young boys”, had pleaded guilty in the High Court to three charges of rape and four charges of sexual assault by penetration.
Another 47 charges, mostly for similar sexual offences, were taken into consideration during sentencing. The offences, which were related to various acts he committed against six victims in all, were described by prosecutors as “among the worst cases of paedophilic sexual abuse”.
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MOE suspends primary school teacher accused of having sex with at least 2 underage girls
The Ministry of Education (MOE) has suspended a primary school teacher after he allegedly had sex with at least two underage girls at staircase landings.
An MOE spokesman told The Straits Times on Wednesday that Kenneth Seah Wei Yuan has been suspended since early July and no longer teaches at any school. Seah, 34, faces five charges for offences including having sex with the girls who were 14 and 15 years old at the time. An online search on a State Court platform reveals there is no gag order on his identity. However, there is one on the alleged victims’ details.
Seah allegedly had sex with a 15-year-old girl at a staircase landing at a block of flats in Choa Chu Kang at around 3pm on Feb 2. He allegedly committed a similar act on a 15-year-old girl at the same staircase the following month.
Primary school teacher accused of sexual offences against minors, suspended by MOE
A primary school teacher has been charged with sexual offences against teenage girls, including sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl at a staircase and recording sex acts with a 14-year-old girl.
Kenneth Seah Wei Yuan, 34, returned to court on Wednesday (Jul 12) to face his charges and was ordered to be remanded for medical examination. The teacher, who has been suspended by the Ministry of Education (MOE), faces five charges for offences between February and June this year. He is accused of sexual assault by penetration of a 15-year-old girl at a staircase of a Housing Board (HDB) block on Feb 2. The following month, he allegedly committed the same act again on a 15-year-old girl.
Seah is also charged with the sexual grooming of a 13-year-old girl in May. On Jun 26, he allegedly sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl at a staircase landing of another HDB block. He is also accused of producing child abuse material by filming the sex acts.
Former teacher gets jail for showing pornography to student, suggested sexual methods to 'destress'
A former teacher from a top school in Singapore was sentenced to 54 days' jail on Friday (Jul 7) for showing pornographic material to a teenage student.
The teen, who was 17 at the time, had been thinking of skipping school as he felt ostracised and felt he had no purpose in life, so his mother had reached out to the offender for help. The 49-year-old man, whose identity is under gag order along with details of the school and the subject he taught, had pleaded guilty to one count of showing sexual material to the teen.
A second charge of possessing over 1,000 obscene video files was taken into consideration. At the time of the offence, the man had been teaching for more than 22 years. The victim was in year 6, the equivalent of junior college year 2. The offender was the boy's form teacher since 2020.
'The victim felt disgusted': Man gets 12 years' jail for raping 11-year-old granddaughter at staircase landing
After a family dinner celebrating his wife's birthday, a 65-year-old man took his 11-year-old granddaughter to a staircase landing and forced her to perform oral sex on him.
It was not the first time the man had sexually assaulted the girl. He began molesting her when she was 10, and for more than 1.5 years, committed various sexual offences against her.
On Monday, the man, who is now 68, was sentenced to 12 years' jail after he pleaded guilty in the High Court to a charge of rape for the staircase landing incident on July 10, 2020.
Man on trial for 5-year-old daughter's murder: Wife says he hit girl, younger brother like they were adults
Two young siblings had been left naked all the time in the toilet at home because they would often tear off their diapers and fill them up with water, their stepmother told the court on Thursday (July 6), adding that she felt "sad for them".
The 32-year-old woman was testifying as a prosecution witness in the trial of her husband — the children's biological father, who faces a single murder charge of abusing his daughter to death.
At the start of the trial on Wednesday, when asked what kind of feelings she had towards her stepchildren, she had said: "I don't feel anything." The court had heard that the the girl and her brother had been forced to live in the toilet of the family's one-room flat for around a year.
Man on trial for murder of 5-year-old daughter who was hit, confined naked in toilet with brother for about a year
For about a year, a five-year-old girl and her younger brother were made to live in the bathroom of a one-room flat, naked, and only let out for meals or if their father or stepmother needed to use the toilet.
In August 2017, after being assaulted by her father for refusing to exercise, she died. The 43-year-old father now stands accused of assaulting her to death and began standing trial for murder in the High Court on Wednesday (July 5).
He faces a single charge of murder, which carries either life imprisonment or the death penalty. He cannot be named due to a gag order imposed by the court. The court heard that when the victim's lifeless body was taken to the hospital, it was covered head-to-toe in bruises, abrasions, wounds and scars, and she was severely malnourished.
Man on trial for murdering 5-year-old daughter, allegedly confined her in toilet for months
A man is accused of murdering his five-year-old daughter after months of ill-treating her by keeping her in a toilet with her younger brother, in what the prosecution called “squalid conditions”.
The 43-year-old man cannot be named due to gag orders protecting the victim’s identity and her surviving brother, who might be a witness for other charges the man faces. The accused went on trial on Wednesday (Jul 5) for the charge of murder under Section 300(c), which is punishable by death or life imprisonment with caning.
He faces another 25 charges for offences including ill-treating his daughter and son by confining them in a toilet for about 10 months and punching his son when he was two years old, but these charges have been stood down temporarily while he is tried for murder.
Girl, 5, allegedly confined and murdered by father: 10-minute video of past assault shown in court
Horrifying footage of a man lifting his four-year-old daughter up by her hair and punching her was played in court on Thursday, on the second day of his trial for murdering the girl in 2017 when she was five.
The 10-minute surveillance video, captured in 2016 and retrieved from his wife’s mobile phone, showed the man towering over the girl and her younger brother, who were wearing only diapers and barricaded in the “naughty corner” of a one-room flat.
In the video, he points a pair of scissors at the girl and appears to be scolding her before launching a vigorous attack on her. He grabs her by her hair and lifts her from the floor, rains punches and kicks on her, holds her against the wall by her neck, and canes her.
Couple who abused 11-year-old daughter to death and punished her with chilli padi claim to be abuse victims too
After pleading guilty to abusing their 11-year-old daughter by force feeding her chilli padi and hitting her repeatedly over the course of several months, a couple pleaded for leniency by telling the court that they, too, had been abused by others in the past.
The girl would eventually die from severe head injuries after an incident in which her stepfather struck her on the head repeatedly with a weightlifting bar. In their mitigation pleas before the High Court on Wednesday (July 5), the stepfather and the girl's biological mother said through their defence lawyers that they had been victims of child or spousal abuse previously, with a report stating this made the stepfather "more vulnerable to being an abuser himself".
But in their submissions, the prosecution countered that the mother had callously allowed the man to inflict injuries on the girl on several occasions.
Singapore man who raped, sexually abused 10-year-old stepdaughter while her mother was in jail gets 18 years in prison
A man in Singapore who was entrusted with caring for his stepdaughter while her mother was serving a jail term raped the 10-year-old girl then repeatedly molested her over the next three years.
The man, now aged 50, pleaded guilty to one count of rape and one other sexual offence on Tuesday. Another three similar charges were taken into consideration during sentencing. He was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment.
District Judge Jill Tan opted not to impose extra jail time on the Singaporean in lieu of caning as she said doing so would have only a “marginal deterrent” effect given the already lengthy jail term she was imposing.
Man jailed 18 years for raping, sexually abusing stepdaughter after wife went to prison
After his wife went to jail, a man began sexually abusing and raping his 10-year-old stepdaughter who was entrusted to him.
Even when his wife was released from prison, the 50-year-old man continued to sexually abuse the child while her mother was asleep. He was sentenced to 18 years' jail on Tuesday (Jun 27). He cannot be caned as the punishment is not carried out for those aged 50 and above.
He pleaded guilty to one count of rape and one count of sexual assault by penetration, with another three charges taken into consideration.
Man, 50, gets 18 years' jail for raping, molesting 10-year-old stepdaughter while her mother was in jail
A man entrusted with caring for his stepdaughter after her mother began serving a jail term raped the 10-year-old girl then repeatedly molested her over the next three years.
The man, now aged 50, pleaded guilty to one count of rape and one other sexual offence on Tuesday (June 26). Another three similar charges were taken into consideration during sentencing. The Singaporean was sentenced to 18 years' jail.
District Judge Jill Tan opted not to impose extra jail time in lieu of caning as she believed that doing so would have only a "marginal deterrent" effect given the already lengthy jail term she was imposing.
Mother who abused 5-year-old son to death jailed for life, after court rejects prosecution's appeal for death sentence
A woman convicted of murdering her five-year-old son through various acts of abuse was on Tuesday (Oct 18) sentenced to life imprisonment, after the apex court decided that she should not receive the death penalty. Azlin Arujunah’s husband, Ridzuan Mega Abdul Rahman, had already been sentenced to a life term in July. On Tuesday, the Court of Appeal further ruled that he should not be caned
Both parents abused their son over a span of three months in 2016, scalding him with hot water on four occasions until he died on Oct 23 that year. He suffered severe injuries such as second- to third-degree burns over two-thirds of his body, nasal bone fractures and extensive bruises. The boy cannot be named to protect the identity of his surviving siblings.
Azlin and Ridzuan, now aged 30, were originally acquitted of murder and sentenced to 27 years’ jail each after a High Court trial. The prosecution then appealed against the sentences imposed on Azlin and Ridzuan. At the time, prosecutors sought life imprisonment in both cases, as well as for Azlin to be convicted of murder by common intention.
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Almost 9 years’ jail for man who sexually abused stepdaughter for more than 2 decades from age 7
He began molesting his stepdaughter when she was just seven, persisting for two decades even when she began locking her bedroom door to fend him off.
When asked to describe the impact of the abuse, she wrote in a statement: “These incidents will be in me forever... I feel dirty and disgusted with myself. I am just waiting for me to die so that I can escape from the past and restart my life forgetting all those dirty memories.” His actions led to a prosecutor calling it the “worst case of sexual abuse involving acts of outrage of modesty to appear before the courts to date”, both due to the period and nature of the acts.
The man, a Singaporean bus driver now aged 66, was sentenced to eight years, nine months and eight weeks’ jail on Monday (Jan 11).
Prosecution seeks maximum 10 years’ jail for man who sexually abused stepdaughter for 20 years
He was the only father figure in her life after her biological father died, but he began molesting her when she was seven years old.
For the next two decades, she suffered frequent instances of abuse at her stepfather’s hands. She began locking her bedroom door but he could still get in because the lock was faulty.
In 2017, on her friends’ encouragement, she finally plucked up the courage to report him to the police. She had been afraid of the implications it would have on her mother who was financially dependent on him.
He began targeting his nephew when the boy was just five years old, escalating his sexual acts over five years.
His offences came to light four years later, in 2018, when the victim was caught taking an upskirt video in Secondary 1. During a counselling session, the boy broke down and told the counsellor that he had been sexually abused by his uncle.
On Tuesday (Sept 7), the 54-year-old man was sentenced in the High Court to 22 years’ jail
32 years’ jail for serial criminal who raped daughter twice at knifepoint, punched and choked her
A 53-year-old former forklift driver was sentenced to 32 years’ jail in the High Court on Monday (July 27) for raping, molesting, criminally intimidating and causing hurt to his biological daughter when she was aged 23.
Justice Hoo Sheau Peng said that while this was a lengthy punishment, it was to reflect his “reprehensible conduct” of subjecting the victim to “sustained sexual assault” in the wee hours of March 27, 2016.
He cannot be named to protect the identity of his daughter, who is now 27 years old. The man had not learned from his previous brushes with the law either, the judge noted.
28 years’ jail, 24 strokes for father who raped daughter over 7 years
A 48-year-old man who raped his biological daughter over the course of seven years, from when she was seven or eight years old, was sentenced to 28 years in jail and 24 strokes of the cane at the High Court on Thursday (Aug 20).
When he first sexually assaulted her, she did not even know or understand what was being done to her, the court heard.
The father cannot be named due to a court order protecting the victim, who turns 17 this year. He had exposed his girl to pornographic videos that desensitised her to the heinous nature of the sexual assaults.
Youth pleads guilty to sexually abusing 9-year-old cousin for 3 years
When he was 13, he began molesting his nine-year-old cousin after seeing her come out of the shower at her Housing and Development Board flat.
Over the next three years, he repeatedly sodomised her and forced her to perform oral sex on him and told her to keep quiet about what he had done to her.
His offences only came to light when she thought she was pregnant and confided in her close friends about the abuse. They told their teachers who took the girl to lodge a police report.
Should Rapists above 50 yrs old be spared caning?
Rapists above 50 years old should not be spared caning, says President Halimah Yacob
On Monday, Madam Halimah brought up the idea again, writing in a Facebook post: "Rapists should not be spared the cane just because they are fifty years old. It’s ironic that they could escape from the pain caused by caning despite the lifetime of severe trauma and irreparable damage that they cruelly inflicted on their victims which will last a lifetime. "In some cases, the rapes were committed earlier but reported only after the perpetrator reached fifty years old. It’s timely that we review this law," she added. "It’s our duty to protect our young and we must not fail them."
Last week, CNA reported a case of a 54-year-old man who was sentenced to jail for molesting his daughter repeatedly from when she was 10 years old. In November, a man admitted to trying to rape his four-year-old daughter twice, while another father went on trial for allegedly grooming his daughter over eight years before raping her when she was 12. "I find the recent spate of cases involving rapes of children in their own homes by their male relatives highly disturbing and sickening," Madam Halimah said. "We need to better protect our children from such sexual predators."
57-year-old man arrested for molesting girl under 14 in lift at Tampines Street 45
A 57-year-old man was arrested for suspected aggravated outrage of modesty on Tuesday (Aug 2).
The police received a report at 2.55pm that a girl was molested by an unknown man while she was inside a lift in the vicinity of Tampines Street 45. Through follow-up investigations and with the aid of images from CCTVs and police cameras, officers from Bedok Police Division established the identity of the man and arrested him within an hour from of the report.
The man was to be charged in court with aggravated outrage of modesty towards a young person under 14 years old on Wednesday (Aug 3).
19-year-old youth charged with rape of younger sister, had allegedly hit her with stick
A 19-year-old teenager was on Wednesday (March 2) charged in a district court with the rape of his younger sister.
His sibling was between the ages of eight and 11 when he allegedly committed the sex offences.
He faces two charges each of rape and sexual assault by penetration, one count of attempted rape and another two counts of voluntarily causing hurt to the victim.
Youth molested 3 girls and sexually penetrated 4 minors when he was a teen
He was still a teenager when he molested three girls and sexually penetrated four minors.
Separately, the Singaporean youth, who turned 20 in August this year, asked his eighth victim, a 12-year-old girl, to send him her nude photographs.
The eight girls were between 12 and 17 at the time of the offences.
Repeat offender offered cash to underage girl in exchange for sexual services
A man who was sentenced to three months' jail in 2019 for attempting to obtain commercial sex from a minor did not learn his lesson and committed similar offences after he was released from prison.
For his latest offences, renovation contractor Andy Kow Yong Wen, now 45, took a 16-year-old girl to a Holland Road property where she performed oral sex on him on March 18 last year.
The Singaporean man then promised to pass her between $50 and $100 the next day. He later booked a room at a Beach Road hotel and sent the girl a text message, asking to meet her on March 19 that year.
Man posed as female medium to dupe two girls, aged 11 and 12, into sending him nude videos
A Singaporean man with paedophilic disorder posed as a female spiritual medium online to dupe two young girls in Taiwan into sending him their nude videos.
Lee Wei Ming claimed that he could sense evil spirits around his victims, who were 11 and 12 at the time.
He told the girls to send him their nude videos on the pretext that "she" could exorcise or dispel the supernatural entities. Lee warned the pair that that they would "suffer bodily harm" if they refused to comply.
HIV-positive man had unprotected sex with girl, 14, multiple times while still living with GF
An HIV-positive man released from prison in January 2019 returned to a life of crime later that year by having unprotected sex with an underage virgin who was unaware of his health condition.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Andre Ong said the offender had invited the 14-year-old girl to his home 17 times over three months and they had intercourse up to two times weekly. The court heard that she did not contract HIV.
The 41-year-old Singaporean man was on Monday (Dec 13) sentenced to 13 years and two months' jail after he pleaded guilty to 11 charges, including multiple counts of having sex with a minor as well as offences under the Infectious Diseases Act.
Man admits having sex with 2 underage girls on separate occasions, impregnating them
A man had sex with two underage girls - who were then 12 and 15 years old - on separate occasions and impregnated them.
The younger victim later had an abortion while the older girl is now raising their child. The man, now 20, also assaulted an 18-year-old girl last year. She also has a child by him.
All three were his girlfriends but a district court heard that they are no longer with him.
23 years' jail for barber who sexually exploited his girlfriend's two daughters
Two sisters who were sexually exploited by their mother's boyfriend suffered in silence for years, not knowing that the other had also been abused.
The younger girl, who was targeted when she was between 10 and 12 years old, eventually told a school researcher what the man had done.
Investigations revealed that the older girl had been molested when she was 17.
Man sexually assaulted daughter from when she 10 to 14 years old, warned her not to tell anyone
A man started sexually assaulting his daughter when she was about 10 years old, with the abuse only ceasing when she ran away from home for good nearly five years later.
He was convicted on Tuesday (June 1) of 15 charges - 14 for sexual assault by penetration and one for outrage of modesty - by Justice Audrey Lim after a trial in the High Court.
The man, who will turn 46 on Saturday, cannot be named due to a gag order to protect his daughter, who is 21 now. She was between 10 and 14 years old when he committed the offences from 2010 to 2014.
Record 45 years’ jail for Singapore Child sex offender
Over a span of 16 years, a man sexually preyed upon children with learning or physical disabilities by posing as a qualified educational therapist to gain their parents’ trust. On Monday (June 27), the Singaporean, now aged 54, was sentenced in the High Court to 45 years’ jail — the longest sentence ever meted out here for sexual offences, prosecutors said.
Justice Ang Cheng Hock described it as an “exceptionally sickening sexual abuse”, with the prosecution branding it “one of the worst cases of paedophilic sexual abuse that has come before the courts”. The man’s offences came to light only by accident in 2018 when a woman bought his old laptop. Several obscene photos and videos, showing him sexually assaulting the victims, were automatically imported from a cloud drive into the laptop.
He later admitted to investigators that he would watch child abuse material online and wanted to “try” the same on real-life subjects. He has since been diagnosed with paedophilic disorder. Two of his eight victims were only five years old when he began raping them. This typically took place in their own homes, his home or in public locations such as toilet cubicles in malls. He pleaded guilty to six counts of aggravated rape. Another 80 charges — including sexual exploitation of a minor, molestation and attempted aggravated rape — were taken into consideration for sentencing.
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'One of the worst rape cases': 33 years 2 months' jail for man who molested, raped 4 young daughters
A man sexually preyed on four of his five daughters over 14 years. Some of them turned up in court at his sentencing and were in tears after the hearing was over
A 45-year-old man who repeatedly sexually abused his daughters, which a judge said was "one of the worst cases" of rape and sexual assault to come before the courts, was jailed 33 years and two months and given 24 strokes of the cane in the High Court on Friday (March 18).
Also among his slew of crimes was physically abusing his wife and children, including his younger son. The court also heard how he starved some of his children for almost a week as punishment for not doing household chores to his satisfaction. He sexually preyed on and molested four of his five daughters over 14 years, raping three of the girls until they reported him to the police.
High Court judge Tan Siong Thye said: "He destroyed the cherished values of (his victims') sanctuary and turned their home into a living hell. He caused unimaginable misery and untold torment for years." Before the man was finally arrested on Nov 17 in 2018, he worked as a freelance camp instructor for children’s adventure camps. His sentence was backdated to his date of arrest. He cannot be named due to a court order to protect the identities of his victims. Some of them turned up in court and were in tears after the hearing was over.
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Briton, 29, pleads guilty to molesting his three-year-old female student at learning centre
Richard Christopher Monks was seen caressing the victim's buttocks in footage from a CCTV camera at the learning centre. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG
A 29-year-old British educator has pleaded guilty on Monday (Feb 1) to molesting a nearly four-year-old female student at a learning centre in the west of Singapore.
The court heard that the man, Richard Christopher Monks, molested the girl in October 2018, when she was enrolled at the centre as his student.
At the time of the offence, Monks was 27, and the student was three years and 11 months old.
Reading specialist admits he molested 3-year-old girl during language class
Richard Christopher Monks is seen leaving State Courts on Feb 1, 2021. (Photo: Ili Nadhirah Mansor/TODAY)
During a class at a language training and literacy centre, a reading specialist molested a three-year-old pupil while the children watched a video.
British national Richard Christopher Monks, 29, pleaded guilty on Monday (Feb 1) to one charge of using criminal force to outrage a minor's modesty. He had originally been set for a trial but decided to admit to the charge. The court heard that Monks worked at a language centre that was not named in court documents. The students there were aged between two-and-a-half and 12.
The victim was 3 years and 11 months old at the time of the offence and attended Monks' lessons at the centre every Saturday, calling him "Teacher Richard".
Man preyed on girl, 13, after luring with cosplay shoot
After meeting a 13-year-old girl at a cosplay event, a man talked her into agreeing to do a photo shoot with him.
During the "shoot", he blindfolded and handcuffed her hands behind her back before touching her inappropriately.
Yesterday, Alaric Lim Qixian, 20, pleaded guilty to one charge of committing an indecent act with a child and two counts of insult of modesty for upskirt offences against other women.
Teacher jailed 10½ years after being fugitive for 17 years for abusing pupils
A primary school teacher sexually abused eight male pupils in 2001 and 2002 before absconding to Indonesia and remained on the run for 17 years.
During that time, he assumed a new identity and obtained an Indonesian passport under another name. Using his new travel documents, he returned to Singapore 31 times between Jan 8 and Dec 28 in 2015 to visit his family.
The Singaporean was finally caught on Aug 21 last year, when he went to Woodlands East Neighbourhood Police Centre to report the loss of his NRIC.
Man admits repeatedly molesting, sexually abusing cousin over three years from when she was 8
A teenager began molesting and sexually abusing his cousin from when she was eight, with the offences coming to light only when she turned 12 and told her friends about her pregnancy fears.
The 20-year-old man pleaded guilty on Wednesday (Aug 12) to one count of outraging his cousin's modesty and two counts of sexual penetration of a minor. Another 14 charges will be taken into consideration for sentencing.
The man cannot be named due to a gag order protecting the identity of the victim, who is now 15.
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At the age of between eight and nine years old, she was targeted by an older cousin who made sexual advances on her, believing that she could not understand the gravity of his actions.
The sexual abuses began when the cousin was 13. They continued until the victim turned 12 years old, when she became worried that she might get pregnant. The victim confided in her close friends who related the incident to their teacher. She later lodged a police report.
On Wednesday (12 August), a court called for a reformative training report for the accused, now 20, who is waiting to enlist into National Service. Facing 17 charges involving sexual offences, the man pleaded guilty to three which involved molesting and sexually penetrating the victim. The rest will be taken into consideration for his sentencing.
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Man admits to undressing and molesting 13-year-old daughter thrice
While his 13-year-old daughter lay alone in the master bedroom, a man pulled down her shorts and underwear and molested her.
The 47-year-old Filipino did not know that his daughter was actually awake and had no idea what to do. The incident marked the first of three times that the man sexually abused his daughter. Months after the first occasion, he sexually assaulted her again while she slept. Two days later, he brazenly molested her, despite knowing that she was awake.
The man, who is a Singapore Permanent Resident, pleaded guilty on Tuesday (17 March) to three counts of molesting a person under 14-years-old, with two other counts of molest on two other occasions taken into consideration for when he is sentenced.
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Teacher gave gifts to underage female student before performing sexual acts on her
A married secondary school teacher, who was aware that one of his students was infatuated with him, showered the 14-year-old girl with gifts, such as a watch and an iPhone, before performing sexual acts on her.
A district court heard that the man even lied to the minor, claiming that he reciprocated her feelings even though he felt no romantic attachment to her.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Ho Jiayun said: "Ultimately, he took advantage of her youthful affection for him... and saw her merely as a means to satisfy his own sexual desire."
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Religious teacher jailed for kissing female pupil, 8, on the lips
The girl and her younger brother kissed their teacher's hand out of respect before their Quranic recitation class, and he in turn kissed them on the cheeks.
Then, twice last year, he kissed the eight-year-old girl on the lips and instructed her not to tell anyone.
But she told her mother and her father made a police report.
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Man admits molesting, sexually abusing his 13-year-old daughter
A 47-year-old man admitted in court on Tuesday (Mar 17) to repeatedly molesting his 13-year-old daughter while they were alone at home.
The man, a Singapore permanent resident, cannot be named as it will identify the victim.
The court heard that he molested his daughter between August 2016 and July 2017, causing her pain and discomfort each time.
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Father who raped 13-year old daughter jailed for 24 years
On February 26, 2020, it would seem that justice has prevailed for a now 16-year old girl whose 50-year old father was finally sentenced to 24 years in jail after molesting and raping her. The father, who cannot be named to keep the victim safe, along with his wife and two children, are all Chinese nationals living in Singapore with permanent residency (PR) status. They were living together in an HDB flat, while the father worked as a technician during the time that the incidents of molest and rapes took place.
It was back in October 2018 when the victim’s co-form teacher became concerned and decided to speak to her after hearing that she wanted to run away from home. Eventually, the teenager spoke out about her father touching her inappropriately, which prompted the teacher to inform the police.
The harrowing details of the events that took place were brought up in court. The father, who was said to have a ‘strained relationship’ with his wife for several years, was sleeping in a sectioned-portion of the living room while the wife slept in the master bedroom. The first time he molested his daughter was in the earlier portion of 2018 when she was just 13-years old. The first episode occurred while the daughter was on the computer. The father hugged her from behind and put his hands inside her shirt while he touched her breasts. Without knowing what else to do, she just chose to walk away.
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Youth raped younger sister after years of sexually abusing her since she was 5, gets jail and caning
For years from when she was five years old, a boy sexually abused his sister, who was seven years younger than him.
When he turned 20, he raped the girl in the flat they shared with their mother and another sibling.
When their mother found out that her daughter was pregnant, she did not take her to hospital as she feared her son would get arrested. Instead, she took her to Malaysia for an abortion, but the doctor refused to perform the procedure.
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Teen pleads guilty to forcing pre-school stepsister to perform sexual act
When he was only 14 years old, he forced his stepsister – who was only around four to five years old at the time of the offences – to perform a sexual act on him
The male teenager, now 17 years old, pleaded guilty on Wednesday (29 January) to one count of sexually assaulting a person under 14 years old. Probation and Reformative Training reports were called for the teen, who will return to court to be sentenced next Wednesday.
The court heard that the teen had watching pornography on his mobile phone in the kitchen toilet, on a day between June and September 2017. He was undressed and began masturbating with the door partially closed. About five minutes into the act, the teen’s stepsister opened the door and caught sight of the teen. The teen then reached for the child’s hand and coaxed her into the toilet.
When the girl refused, the teen grabbed her hand and brought it to his penis. He then tried to bring her head towards his genitals and asked her to perform a sexual act on him. The girl resisted until the teen said that he would give her chocolate as a reward. He forced himself on the girl for 10 seconds before letting her go. The girl then fled. The teen continued to watch pornography on his handphone afterwards.
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Teenager pleads guilty to sexually assaulting four-year-old stepsister in toilet
A 17-year-old boy admitted in court on Wednesday (Jan 29) to sexually assaulting his stepsister, then aged four to five years old, when the girl caught him masturbating in the toilet. The boy, who cannot be identified due to gag orders protecting the identity of the victim, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault by penetration of a minor.
The boy was 14 at the time of the offence, which took place between June and September in 2017. The court heard that the boy was home with three other people on the day of the offence, when he went to the kitchen toilet and sat on the toilet bowl.
He left the door slightly open and watched pornography on his phone, and began masturbating. About five minutes after this, his stepsister opened the door and saw the accused masturbating.
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Teen pleads guilty to sexual offence against stepsister
A 14-year-old boy coaxed his stepsister into the bathroom of their home and forced the then five-year-old to perform oral sex on him. The incident happened some time between June and September 2017, a district court heard on Wednesday (Jan 29). Now aged 17, he has pleaded guilty to one count of sexually penetrating the girl without her consent. He cannot be named because of a court-imposed gag order to protect the girl's identity.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Sean Teh said the boy was watching pornography on his mobile phone in the bathroom when the girl opened its door and saw him masturbating. The DPP told District Judge Seah Chi-Ling: "The accused reached for the victim's hand as he was still sitting on the toilet bowl, and coaxed her to enter the toilet. The victim initially refused."
He grabbed her hand and promised to give her chocolate if she performed oral sex on him. He sexually penetrated the girl without her consent and she ran out about 10 seconds later when he released his grip on her.
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Teen gets probation for molesting 12-year-old sister, asking for sex act
An 18-year-old boy was sentenced to 21 months' probation on Wednesday (Jan 29) for repeatedly molesting his 12-year-old sister and asking her to masturbate him in return for K-pop merchandise.
He had molested his sister over her shorts last January (2019) while she was alone with him in his room to ask about homework. A month later, he argued with the girl over what to watch on television before picking her up, placing her on his bed and molesting her over her shirt.
In April, she walked in on her brother masturbating, and he followed her out to the living room where he repeatedly asked her to masturbate him, offering to buy her merchandise from Korean pop group BTS in return. The girl rejected her brother and lodged a police report saying she had been molested.
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Probation for teen who offered sister BTS items for sexual act
A teen who molested his biological sister and offered her merchandise from Korean pop group BTS in exchange for a sexual act was given 21 months’ probation on Wednesday (29 January). Last month, the teen admitted to two counts of aggravated molest and one of attempting to procure an indecent act with his sister, who was then 12. A charge involving him hugging her from behind was taken into consideration for his sentencing.
The first offence took place in January last year when the girl asked him for help with her homework while in his room. As she sat beside him on his bed, the brother rubbed her genital area over her shorts for about five seconds. The girl then fled the room. The family moved house shortly after and the siblings shared a bedroom. A month after the first offence, as the siblings argued over what television programme to watch, the teen suddenly lifted his sister and molested her again before placing her on his bed. The girl then yelled at him to leave the bedroom and he did.
On 15 April, the girl returned home at about 6pm to find the door to their bedroom closed. After knocking and receiving no response for a while, the girl opened the door. Her brother had been masturbating but stopped when his sister opened the door. The girl then closed the door and went to the living room but her brother followed her. He repeatedly asked the victim to masturbate him and offered to buy her merchandise from BTS in return.
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Teen who molested 12-year-old sister sentenced to 21 months' probation
An 18-year-old youth, who repeatedly asked his younger sister to sexually stimulate him and promised to buy her merchandise featuring popular Korean pop group BTS in return, was sentenced on Wednesday (Jan 29) to 21 months' probation. The 12-year-old girl had gone into her brother's room in January last year and sat on his bed. She bolted from the room when he suddenly rubbed her private parts with his hand.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Ryan Lim had earlier told District Judge Seah Chi-Ling: "The accused suddenly picked the victim up, carried the victim to their bedroom and laid her on his bed. "(The) accused used the fingers of his left hand to stroke the side of the victim's right breast over the victim's T-shirt in an upwards and downwards motion. The touching was non-fleeting." The girl yelled at her brother to get out of the bedroom and he complied.
DPP Lim had said that on April 15 last year, the girl came home at around 6pm and found that the door to their bedroom was closed. She knocked on the door and opened it after she received no response. The girl then saw her brother performing a sexual act. She closed the door and went to the living room. He came out and repeatedly asked her to sexually stimulate him. He also promised to buy her merchandise featuring BTS in return. She rejected his requests and made a police report nine days later.
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Jail for NTU student who climbed water pipes to have sex with 15-year-old girl in her bedroom
They got to know each other in their cell group in church, before beginning to date when he was 24 years old and she was 15. He was a Nanyang Technological University (NTU) student at the time. The couple had sex on a few occasions, at his hostel room and in her house, continuing to do so even after her parents found out about their relationship and made them break up.
On Jan 21, 2018, he got into her bedroom by climbing the water pipes of the shophouse where she lived. Her bedroom was on the second storey. They came up with this modus operandi earlier that month so her parents would not know what they were doing.
They had sex there and he did not use a condom.
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S’pore man, 44, repeatedly molested 9-year-old daughter while wife was overseas
According to court documents, the man fetched his daughter back home in May 2018, before going out to drink with his friends. Upon returning to the unit, he proceeded to her room to retrieve some clothes, when he noticed her asleep with her legs slightly open.
The man then lied down on the bed, facing her back, and hugged her from behind. He then lined his underwear with tissue paper, before rubbing his groin against his daughter till he ejaculated. He then went to the toilet to wash up and shower.
The man performed similar acts to his daughter on at least two occasions between May and September 2018, while his wife was overseas.
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Man who thrice rubbed groin against sleeping daughter, 9, jailed, caned
In May last year, after fetching his daughter home, the father left for a bout of drinking with his friends. Upon returning home, the man went to his daughter’s bedroom to take some clothes. He then noticed her sleeping on her side with her legs slightly open.
He lay down on the bed and hugged her from behind. Feeling sexually aroused, the man lined his underwear with tissue and rubbed his groin against the girl. After a while, he went to the toilet to shower.
He repeated the act later that month. The girl woke up on each occasion and realised it was her father rubbing his genitals against her, but she kept silent as she felt scared. She was also afraid of revealing the incidents to her mother as she feared her parents would quarrel.
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Man repeatedly molested 9-year-old daughter while wife was overseas, gets jail and caning
The court heard that the family of three lived together in a home where the incidents occurred. On the first occasion, before May 2018, the man fetched his daughter home from her nanny's place and went out drinking. When he returned home, he went to the girl's room to retrieve clothes from a shared wardrobe.
He noticed the girl asleep on her side on the bed, and he lay down and hugged her, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Chong Yong. Feeling sexually aroused, he then rubbed himself against his daughter to satisfy his urges.
This occurred on at least another two occasions between May and September 2018, when his wife was overseas each time, and while he was intoxicated. On each occasion, the girl was woken up by her father's actions, and she peeked at him and realised it was her father.
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Father who repeatedly molested 9-year-old daughter gets 21 months’ jail, caning
The court heard that he had picked her up from her nanny’s home that evening before going to drink with his friends. His wife was overseas at the time. After returning to their flat, he went to the girl’s room to retrieve some clothes from a shared wardrobe.
It was then that he noticed her asleep on the bed. He lay beside her and hugged her from behind. “Feeling sexually aroused, the accused proceeded to line his underwear with tissue paper,” Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Chong Yong told the court. He hugged the girl from behind again and continuously rubbed his private parts against her, before going to the toilet to wash up and take a shower.
Following this, he performed similar acts on her on at least two other occasions between May and September last year, also when his wife was abroad.
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Repeat offender gets jail, cane after 'badgering' 13-year-old girl for sex at staircase
Just months after being released from reformative training for a previous sex offence, a 22-year-old man lured a teenager he had met online to a staircase and pressurised her into having sex with him.
After the incident, the 13-year-old girl was left with "significant psychological and emotional scars" and diagnosed with a childhood emotional disorder, said District Judge Marvin Bay.
On Friday (Jan 10), Filipino Rojas Gil Dominic Barbosa was sentenced to four years and 11 months' jail and two strokes of the cane for one charge of sexual penetration of a minor.
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Man who coerced 13-year-old girl he met on live streaming app into sex gets 4 years 11 months’ jail
Gil Dominic Barbosa Rojas' past sexual offences were committed through a similar modus operandi of using the Internet and social media to reach out to victims, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Chee Ee Ling
By persistently badgering a 13-year-old girl to “bend to his will” and give in to his sexual demands, Gil Dominic Barbosa Rojas eventually coerced the minor into having sex with him at a secluded carpark.
For that, Rojas, a Singapore permanent resident, was jailed for four years and 11 months and will be given two strokes of the cane, the court heard on Friday (Jan 10). He was 22 at the time.
It was only until months later did the girl, who had suffered from emotional and psychological scars and attempted suicide, reveal to her mother that she had been assaulted.
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Recalcitrant sex offender gets jail, caning for assaulting victim, 13
Rojas Gil Dominic Barbosa, 24, pleaded guilty to one charge of sexual penetration of a minor under 14. (Photo: Getty)
He had been sentenced to probation and reformative training for sexual crimes involving three minors aged 12 to 15.
But just months after Rojas Gil Dominic Barbosa was released from the Reformative Training Centre, he struck again.
After cajoling a 13-year-old he just got to know into having sex at a staircase landing of a multi-storey car park, he told her to keep mum about the crime as he had been incarcerated for under-age sex previously.
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Police arrest man suspected of molesting 13-year-old girl in MRT train
Police said on Wednesday (Oct 2) they have arrested a man suspected of molesting a 13-year-old girl in an MRT train.
In a news release, the authorities said they received a report of the incident at about 6.50pm on Sept 26.
The suspect was said to have molested the girl in a train travelling from Bukit Gombak MRT station.
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Man arrested for allegedly molesting 13-year-old girl on MRT train
A 44-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly molesting a 13-year-old girl on an MRT train, the police said on Wednesday (Oct 2).
The police said they received a report last Thursday at 6.50pm that the girl had been molested by a man she did not know while on a train travelling from Bukit Gombak MRT station. The man left after the incident.
With the aid of closed-circuit television images, officers from the Jurong Police Division established the identity of the man and arrested him on Tuesday.
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Man, 42, sexually assaulted stepdaughter, as wife lay asleep beside him
At first, the stepfather limited himself to touching the victim’s private parts over her clothes. He began sexually assaulting her when she was in Primary 3, increasing the frequency of the abuse when his wife got pregnant.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Kavita Uthrapathy said that when his “lust for his stepdaughter grew”, so did the audacity of the various sex acts he committed on her up until Oct 14, 2016. He would sometimes do these while he lay in bed with the girl's mother. All this while, the victim pretended to be asleep because she was afraid that the man would get angry with her.
In one instance in 2015, she asked him to lie down next to her on her bed because there was a heavy thunderstorm and she was scared. He then sexually assaulted her.
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Man given 3 years’ jail for having sex with underage stepdaughter
An assistant service engineer, who had unprotected sex with his 15-year-old stepdaughter in a car after he picked her up from school, was sentenced yesterday to three years' jail.
The 41-year-old Singaporean pleaded guilty last month to one count of having sex with the underage girl.
According to court documents, he committed the offence "with her consent". A second similar charge was taken into consideration during sentencing.
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Man who had unprotected sex with underage stepdaughter given 3 years' jail
The man picked up the Secondary 4 student from school at around 12.30pm on Jan 25 this year.
Instead of going home, he drove to a multi-storey carpark in Admiralty Drive.
The pair moved to the rear passenger seat and the man had unprotected sex with the teenager.
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Man jailed 3 years for having sex at carpark with his 15-year-old stepdaughter
A 15-year-old girl had asked her stepfather to take her home from school so that she could rest before returning for a co-curricular activity later that day.
However, instead of taking her home, the 41-year-old man drove her to a multi-storey carpark where they had unprotected sex before they were eventually caught by a patrolling police officer on the afternoon of Jan 25 this year.
On Monday (Dec 23), the man was sentenced to three years’ jail. Last month, he pleaded guilty to having sex with a minor. He cannot be named as a gag order has been imposed to protect the Secondary 4 student’s identity. A second charge over a similar incident was taken into consideration in sentencing.
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Father of four gets 44 months’ jail, nine strokes of the cane for repeatedly molesting daughter
The man first molested the girl when she was 12 years old in the family’s master bedroom in 2015. She told her mother about it but when she confronted her husband, he cried and begged for forgiveness.
Despite this confrontation by his wife, the man went on to molest their daughter three more times.
After the second incident on Sept 30, 2016, the girl again told her mother about her father’s actions. She added that she felt “stickiness” on the back of her pants after that and went to change her clothes. The girl also complained to her maternal grandmother, who lived with them in the flat.
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Man jailed 16 months for molesting 14-year-old daughter in her sleep
The court heard that the man began molesting his daughter in January last year. The two shared a bedroom and slept in the same queen-sized bed. It was not stated if the girl’s mother, who was working a night shift then, shared the same bedroom and bed.
He repeated his crime in March that year. The daughter was half-asleep when her father began molesting her. After some time, she turned to her side with her back facing him, hoping he would stop. He paused for a few minutes before continuing his actions.
Unable to endure it any longer, she sat up, pretending she had just been woken up by some movement and did not know what had happened. He similarly pretended nothing had happened, and they both left the bed.
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29 years’ jail for man who sexually abused young daughter for almost 10 years
The court heard that the man began abusing the girl by touching her private parts. This happened in the flat they shared with the girl’s mother and her younger brother. About three years later, in 2009, he began performing sex acts on her on numerous occasions to satisfy a particular sexual fantasy.
In December 2011, the man took his two children to his sister’s flat for a sleepover during Christmas. All of them slept in a guest bedroom there. In the middle of the night, while the girl was asleep, he touched and violated her private parts. She was 11 years old then.
In 2012, he had sex with her without using a condom and then continued to engage in sexual acts with her at least once a month. This continued for several years even after she started to dislike what he was doing to her. He assaulted her less frequently towards the end of 2015, and the last time he had sex with her was in January 2016. She began to realise around then that what her father was doing was wrong, but she was concerned about telling her mother as it could tear her family apart. In May 2017, when she was in her first year of post-secondary education, she finally told a close friend that her father was having sex with her.
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Man jailed for sexually assaulting young daughter over 4 years
The court heard that he started committing the offences when the girl was only eight years old. He was 45 at the time. His wife worked as a sales promoter, often returning home late as she had to work the night shift. The couple’s relationship had grown strained at this point due to financial problems. The victim has an older sister and a younger brother but she was particularly close to her father as she often sought his help for her homework.
On one occasion in 2010, when the girl was in Primary 2, she asked for help for her mathematics homework. He told her to go to his bedroom before closing and locking the door. He then removed his pants and told her to give him oral sex, which she did. After a few minutes, when his six-year-old son knocked on the door, he told her not to say anything to her siblings or mother. He then helped her with her homework after attending to the boy.
Sometime that same year, when she was watching television in the living room, he again told her to go to his bedroom. He got her to lie down on the bed and rubbed himself against her for five to 10 minutes. Again, he told her to keep it a secret. In 2011, he went further and got her to perform a sex act on him in his bedroom, while his other children were sleeping in the living room.
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Man accused of sexual assault claims eight-year-old stepdaughter led him on
The court heard that the accused began living with the victim after marrying her mother in April 2013. The victim’s mother had gained custody of all her four children following her divorce from the victim’s biological father in 2009. Around January 2015, at the time the alleged crimes started, the victim was living in her maternal grandparents’ home along with mother, stepfather, their two children, her biological siblings, a grand-aunt and a maid.
DPP Kavita told the court that the victim, who had been addressing the accused as “abah”, or "father" in the Malay language, slept in the same bedroom as her mother, the accused and her stepsiblings. At first, the stepdad limited himself to just touching the victim’s private parts over her clothes, she said. However, as his “lust for his stepdaughter grew”, so did the audacity of the various sex acts he committed on her up until Oct 14, 2016.
The proescutor added that the man would sometimes commit the acts on his stepdaughter while he lay in bed with her mother. All this while, the victim pretended to be asleep as she was afraid that the accused would get angry with her.
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Father of four convicted of repeatedly molesting daughter
The girl was 12 years old when her father molested her in the family’s master bedroom in 2015 — and she later told her mother three times about what he had done to her. The first time, the mother confronted her husband, who cried and begged her for forgiveness. After the 2015 incident, the grandmother told her daughter — the victim’s mother — that the girl had spent quite some time in the master bedroom with her father, adding that he came out with a “plastic” in his hand and threw it before going to work.
The grandmother also informed her that the girl complained that her buttock cheeks were feeling sore. The mother approached her daughter afterwards, told her she loved her a lot, and asked her to tell the truth. And the girl described the violation in vivid detail. The next day, the mother confronted her husband and he cried, begging for her forgiveness. About a year later, on Sept 30, 2016, the father again molested the girl. This time both were fully clothed.
The girl told her mother about the incident, noting that she felt “stickiness” on the back of her pants after that and went to change her clothes. The girl also complained to her grandmother, who said that the girl had approached her because she could not take it any more that the father had done this to her “very often”. On Oct 10, 2016, the father molested the girl again, this time involving skin-to-skin contact. Again, the girl told her mother about it. The mother reacted by texting the grandmother, who replied that the accused has “no shame”.
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‘Monster’ dad gets 25.5 years’ jail, caning for prostituting wife, sexually abusing daughter and niece
In what the prosecution branded the “most aggravated case of human trafficking in Singapore”, a 27-year-old man was sentenced to 25-and-a-half years’ jail and the maximum 24 strokes of the cane on Tuesday (Feb 19). The unemployed father of two had pleaded guilty in the High Court to prostituting his wife, forcing their six-year-old daughter to perform sexual acts on him and molesting his 13-year-old niece in a hotel room. The man began physically assaulting his wife while they were dating and ramped up his abuse after they got married.
In 2016, after they had been married for four years, he demanded that she provide sexual services to pay for their infant son’s milk powder and other household expenses, imposing a “daily quota of customers”. Between June and late August that year, she ended up servicing 138 customers and earning nearly S$11,000 — money that she handed over to him. Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Eunice Lau noted that this was the first case of its kind, “where someone coerced his own wife to prostitute herself for financial profit”.
The man also forced their young daughter, now nine, to perform sex acts on him. While he suspected he had a sexually transmitted disease, he did not get diagnosed until after his arrest in August 2016. On another occasion, he asked his wife to take her niece, now 16, out of school on the day of her Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) oral exam and lead her to a hotel room. There, he groped the adolescent girl’s private parts and placed a pillow over her face to muffle her screams.
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Teen gets probation for sexual offences against 2 underaged girls
A teenager forcibly placed a 13-year-old girl’s hand on his genitals and later had sex with another girl of the same age after sending her obscene images of himself.
The 17-year-old was sentenced to 21 months’ probation on Thursday (2 January) after earlier pleading guilty to one count of procuring an indecent act from a child and one count of sexually penetrating a minor under the age of 14. Another three charges, which included sending obscene pictures to one of the victims, were taken into consideration for his sentencing.
In addition to his probation term, he will be placed under a curfew, perform 150 hours of community service and undergo psychological intervention to address sexual offending behaviours. His parents will also be required to placed a $5,000 bond to ensure his good behaviour.
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Amid rising child abuse cases, the community needs to step up and be ‘busybodies’
In recent weeks, Singaporeans have been gripped by a spate of alleged child abuse cases that have led to the loss of innocent young lives.
On Nov 15, a 27-year-old man was charged with murder after he allegedly slammed a nine-month-old baby’s head on the floorboard of a van. The baby had died from his injuries.
In another case, a couple, both 27, are on trial and facing multiple charges of ill-treating and assaulting the child in their one-room rental flat. They are also charged with committing murder with common intention.
In September, another couple was charged with the murder of their two-and-a-half-year-old child. They are accused of killing their daughter at Block 52 Chin Swee Road in March 2014 but the girl’s remains were discovered only recently.
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Undetected abuse of young kids worrying
The unit of Block 52 Chin Swee Road, where a two-year-old girl’s remains were found in a pot on Sept 10, 2019.ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG
The news about the trial of the parents accused of abusing and caging their five-year-old child, which eventually led to his death, is shocking.
Separately, there was the case of the two-year-old girl who was allegedly killed by her parents and whose remains were found in a pot in a Chin Swee Road flat - five years after the fact purportedly.
It has been reported that child abuse spiked last year to 1,163 cases (Child abuse cases jumped 30% to record high in 2018, March 17). Of the cases the Ministry of Social and Family Development's (MSF) Child Protective Service investigated last year, just under half involved children under the age of seven. Half involved physical abuse and about one in five cases involved children being sexually abused.
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Child abuse cases jumped 30% to record high in 2018
Child abuse cases here jumped to a record high last year, with the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) stepping up public education efforts on child protection and family violence to address this issue.
The ministry investigated 1,163 cases last year, a 30 per cent jump from 894 the previous year. There were also sharp increases in physical and sexual abuse cases.
Of the cases Ministry of Social and Family Development's Child Protective Service investigated last year, just under half involved children under the age of seven.
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Man who allegedly slammed baby's head against van now faces murder charge
The baby, Izz Fayyaz Zayani Ahmad, is believed to have died on Nov 8, and was buried two days later. PHOTO: FACEBOOK
The 27-year-old man who allegedly slammed an infant's head against a floorboard in a van is now facing a murder charge for causing the nine-month-old boy's death.
Mohamed Aliff Mohamed Yusoff was originally charged with one count of voluntarily causing grievous hurt. He is the boyfriend of the infant's mother, reported Chinese daily Shin Min Daily News.
Court documents show that the alleged murder took place between 10pm on Nov 7 this year and 12.15am the next day, at the multistorey carpark at Block 840A, Yishun Street 81.
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Man accused of murdering 9-month-old baby at multi-storey car park
A 27-year-old man who was last week charged with grievously hurting a nine-month-old baby boy inside a van at a multi-storey car park in Yishun was on Friday (15 November) accused of killing the infant.
According to his charge, Mohamed Aliff Mohamed Yusoff, a Singaporean, caused the death of Izz Fayyaz Zayani Ahmad sometime between 10pm last Thursday and 12.15am last Friday at the multi-storey car park at Block 840A Yishun Street 81.
No other details of the alleged murder were given. Aliff will continue to be remanded at the Central Police Division with permission to be taken out to assist in investigations. The case will be mentioned in court again next Friday.
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Alleged murder of 5-year-old boy: Mother told police she ‘only wanted him to learn his lesson’
Azlin Arujunah and her husband Ridzuan Mega Abdul Rahman, both now 27, had confined their five-year-old son in their pet cat’s metal cage
When told that she and her husband would be charged with the murder of their five-year-old son, Azlin Arujunah said she had only beaten and poured hot water on the child to discipline him, and did not think that he would die from the assault.
The then-24-year-old had also told police officers that she had only gotten rough with the boy as he had given her “attitude”, the court heard on Thursday (Nov 14) when two officers, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Kelvin Kwok Charn Hong and Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Agnes Leong Wee Tiang, took the stand.
Azlin and her husband Ridzuan Mega Abdul Rahman, both now 27, are on trial for the alleged murder of their son, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his surviving siblings.
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Pictured: Cat cage 5-year-old boy 'was kept in' by parents before his death
A photo of the cat cage a 5-year-old boy was allegedly kept in by his parents has been shown in court in Singapore, where the couple are on trial for his murder.
Azlin Arujunah and Ridzuan Mega Abdul Rahman are accused of pouring boiling water over their son three years ago.
The trial began on Tuesday and the court heard how the boy was kept in a cat cage, and tortured with pliers and heated spoons for months.
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Woman accused of murdering 5-year-old son: 'How can I kill a child? Look at my small body'
Three days after her severely scalded five-year-old son died in hospital, a woman told police that she had no intention to kill the child
"How am I able to kill a child? Just look at my small body," Azlin Arujunah said in a statement that was read out in court on Thursday (Nov 14) in her ongoing trial for scalding the boy to death.
In another statement, she said: "I do not have the intention to pour the hot water on him if he did not show any attitude towards me".
Azlin and her husband, Ridzuan Mega Abdul Rahman, both 27, are being tried for murder by common intention for inflicting severe scald injuries on the boy.
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Parents on trial for son's murder: Mother poured hot water on 5-year-old due to his ‘attitude’
In one of the statements read out in court yesterday in her ongoing trial for allegedly scalding the five-year-old to death, Azlin Arujunah said: "How am I able to kill a child? Just look at my small body."
She added: "If I had the intention of killing him, I would have killed my other children as well. But all my other children are safe and I do not beat them."
She added that as a mother, she would not have the heart to kill her own child.
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5-year-old was "running for his life" when parents splashed hot water on him: Forensic pathologist
Lacerations on the face and scalp of a five-year-old boy who was allegedly scalded to death by his parents could have been the result of him being kept in a cage meant for the family's pet cat, a forensic pathologist told the High Court on Wednesday (Nov 13)
Dr Chan Shijia, who had examined the cage measuring 91cm long, 58cm wide and 70cm tall, said it was possible for someone who was confined inside to get scratched by the metallic bars while moving about.
She was testifying on the second day of the trial of Azlin Arujunah and Ridzuan Mega Abdul Rahman, both 27, who are charged with murder with common intention to inflict severe scald injuries on their son.
They each also face other charges relating to abusive acts, including pinching him with a pair of pliers, hitting him with a broom and confining him in a pet cage. In her autopsy report, Dr Chan wrote that she found that the boy had died due to severe scald injury.
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Parents on trial for pouring scalding water on 5-year-old son until he died
A young couple stood trial on Tuesday (Nov 12) for killing their five-year-old son three years ago, with the prosecution painting a picture of "horrific" child abuse.
Before dying from severe scald injuries and blunt force trauma to the head, the boy had been pinched with pliers, burned with a heated spoon and confined in a cage meant for a cat, said the prosecution.
His 27-year-old parents, Azlin Arujunah and Ridzuan Mega Abdul Rahman, have several other children and lived with some of them in a one-room rental flat, the court heard.
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Chin Swee Road death: Couple charged with murdering their 2-year-old daughter in 2014
A couple was on Tuesday (Sep 17) charged with murdering their two-and-a-half-year-old daughter in March 2014.
The 31-year-old man and 30-year-old woman, who cannot be named due to a gag order, are accused of killing their child at an eighth-storey flat in Block 52 Chin Swee Road. The girl's remains were only discovered last Tuesday.
The parents have been remanded since June 2018 for other unrelated offences.
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Teen told 12-year-old sister to perform sexual act, promising to give her K-pop group merchandise in return
An 18-year-old youth was at home with his younger sister in April this year when he repeatedly asked her to sexually stimulate him, promising to buy her merchandise of Korean pop group BTS in return.
The 12-year-old girl rejected his requests and told the police later that month.
The offender, who cannot be named owing to a court order to protect the girl's identity, also molested her on two separate occasions.
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Teenager admits to molesting 12-year-old sister repeatedly, asking for indecent act
An 18-year-old admitted in court on Tuesday (Dec 3) to repeatedly molesting his 12-year-old sister and asking her to perform a sex act in return for K-pop merchandise.
The teenager cannot be named as it will identify his sister, who is protected by gag order.
The court heard that the incidents began with molestation in January this year and escalated when the teenager asked his sister to masturbate him in April.
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Teen told 12-year-old sister to sexually stimulate him, promising to give her BTS merchandise in return
An 18-year-old youth was at home with his younger sister in April this year when he repeatedly asked her to sexually stimulate him, promising to buy her merchandise of Korean pop group BTS in return.
The 12-year-old girl rejected his requests and told the police later that month. The offender, who cannot be named owing to a court order to protect the girl's identity, also molested her on two separate occasions.
He pleaded guilty on Tuesday (Dec 3) to asking his sister to perform an obscene act on him. He also admitted to two counts of outraging her modesty in January and February this year.
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Teen offered sister BTS merchandise to perform sex act on him
The teenager wanted his younger sister to perform a sex act on him and offered her merchandise from Korean boy band BTS in return.
Yesterday, the 18-year-old, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his then 12-year-old sister, was convicted of two charges of molesting his underage sister and one charge of sexual exploitation of a child.
The court heard that the youth first molested his sister sometime in January. That evening, the girl had gone to his room to ask about homework matters when he suddenly molested her for about five seconds with a rubbing motion over her shorts on his bed.
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Teen molested sister, offered BTS merchandise in return for sexual favour
At the State Courts on Tuesday (3 December), the 18-year-old pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated molest and one count of attempting to procure an indecent act with his sister, who is now 13. (PHOTO: Getty Images)
He molested his then 12-year-old sister twice in two months and even asked her to masturbate him on one occasion in exchange for Korean pop group BTS merchandise.
At the State Courts on Tuesday (3 December), the 18-year-old pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated molest and one count of attempting to procure an indecent act with his sister, who is now 13.
A charge of using criminal force on her, by hugging her from behind, will be taken into consideration for sentencing.
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'I will dig out your eye balls', says girl, 18, who assaulted younger colleague
An 18-year-old girl carried out separate vicious assaults on two teenage girls just hours apart.
In the first incident, Joyce Goh Kok Tin forced a girl to bow with her forehead to the ground. Later, she led a group attack on a colleague that she did not like, luring the victim into an assault. She burnt the 15-year-old girl’s neck with a cigarette while her friends sat on the victim and laughed.
Joyce then told the girl, “I will dig out your eye balls and put them in your bare hands. Then I’ll cut your nose off and dig out your intestine with my hands down your throat and any other organs I can grab. Then I’ll pluck off your nails one by one and skin you alive.”
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‘I will dig out your eyeballs’: Teen girl admits to separately assaulting two girls in one night
In the wee hours of Dec 17 last year, Joyce Goh Kok Tin and several friends beat a girl up over relationship issues, punching her in the face and lips.
Goh also forced the teenaged victim to “kowtow” to a 22-year-old man, because the other girl had chosen to date someone else instead of him. Barely four hours later, Goh crashed a birthday party at a condominium in East Coast area and assaulted her co-worker, who she felt was slow and lazy.
She told the 15-year-old girl: “I will dig out your eyeballs and put them in your bare hands. Then I’ll cut your nose off and dig out your intestine with my hands down your throat and any other organs I can grab. Then I’ll pluck off your nails one by one and skin you alive.”
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Teenage girl forces love rival to kowtow, leaves another with broken nose in separate attacks
Bearing a grudge against a girl for dating her ex-boyfriend, a teenager forced the victim to kowtow and punched her on the lips.
In a separate attack just hours later, she instigated a group of people to attack a 15-year-old girl at her friend's birthday party, leaving the victim with a broken nose.
Joyce Goh Kok Tin, 18, pleaded guilty on Tuesday (Dec 3) to one charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt by common intention and another of rioting.
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Repeat offender admits having sex with 13-year-old girl
He was given probation in 2014 and sentenced to reformative training a year later for having underage sex.
But this did not deter the Singapore permanent resident, Rojas Gil Dominic Barbosa, from having sex with a minor again last year. He even told the 13-year-old student to keep mum because of his previous conviction.
Rojas, who was 22 and unemployed then, pleaded guilty yesterday to having sex with a girl under 14. She cannot be named because of a gag order to protect her identity. Rojas, a Filipino, got to know the girl through the live streaming app Bigo Live on March 25, 2018, the court heard. She told him she was 13 and in secondary school.
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Man admits to sexually exploiting 15-year-old girl after contacting her on Carousell with job offer
A 20-year-old man admitted on Tuesday (Nov 19) to sexually exploiting a 15-year-old girl whom he had contacted through the digital platform Carousell under the guise of offering her a job.
Iqmal Haziq Othman pleaded guilty to three charges under the Children and Young Persons Act, with another two charges taken into consideration for sentencing. The victim cannot be named due to a gag order.
Sometime in November 2018, the victim, now 16, made a post on marketplace platform Carousell, looking for a part-time job.
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Woman, 41, and child, 5, found dead at restricted area near Bukit Batok Nature Park
Police said they were alerted to the incident at 21 Lorong Sesuai at 6.42am. (PHOTO: Google Street View screengrab)
A 41-year-old woman and a five-year-old boy were found dead at a restricted area close to Bukit Batok Nature Park on Thursday (14 November) morning.
Police said they were alerted to the incident at Lorong Sesuai at 6.42am. The child was found lying motionless inside a car while the woman’s body was found nearby.
Both were pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. According to a Shin Min Daily News report, the deceased are Japanese nationals and the woman is the child’s mother.
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Teenager who molested 12-yr-old girl at staircase landing gets 18 mths' probation
Lester Ong Pei Cong, who is now a full-time national serviceman, was sentenced to 18 months' supervised probation on June 13, 2019. ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
Pretending that he needed help for a photography competition, Lester Ong Pei Cong lured a 12-year-old girl to a staircase landing, where he molested her.
The 18-year-old, who is now a full-time national serviceman, was sentenced to 18 months' supervised probation on Thursday (June 13).
Under the conditions of the supervised probation, Ong must remain indoors from 10pm to 6am, and perform 120 hours of community service.
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Man jailed 12 weeks for filming landlord's 10-year-old niece in the shower
Emboldened after he filmed his landlord's maid in the shower, a 25-year-old tenant went on to film the landlord's 10-year-old niece showering.
But the girl happened to look up while shampooing her hair, and she saw the voyeur's mobile phone. She later told her uncle, who called the police.
Malaysian chef Chu Vui Kian was sentenced to 12 weeks' jail on Wednesday (Oct 30) after he pleaded guilty to insulting the modesty of the girl, who cannot be named to protect her identity.
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Man arrested for allegedly molesting 13-year-old girl on MRT train
A 44-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly molesting a 13-year-old girl on an MRT train, the police said on Wednesday (Oct 2).
The police said they received a report last Thursday at 6.50pm that the girl had been molested by a man she did not know while on a train travelling from Bukit Gombak MRT station. The man left after the incident.
With the aid of closed-circuit television images, officers from the Jurong Police Division established the identity of the man and arrested him on Tuesday.
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Singapore sees rising trend of child abuse cases in recent years
Singapore has seen a growing number of child abuse cases in recent years. In 2017, the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) investigated 894 cases of child abuse, up from 873 cases in 2016, and 551 the year before.
TODAY reported that Big Love, a programme under voluntary welfare organisation Montfort Care which started in 2013, handled 367 such cases between April 2017 and March 2018, up from 252 during the same period last year, and 177 the year before.
Child abuse is defined as any act by a parent or guardian which would endanger or impair the child’s physical or emotional well-being. It includes physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional and psychological abuse and neglect.
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Child abuse cases on the rise in S’pore, VWOs and authorities work to raise awareness
A father carrying his son at the Big Love's Fifth anniversary carnival & campaign at Festive Plaza, Our Tampines Hub on Oct 21, 2018. Photo: Koh Mui Fong/TODAY
Fed up with his young son Weijie’s (not his real name) antics in school, & stressed out from his job as a salesman, the father began abusing him.
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Spike in child abuse cases recorded in Singapore in recent years
A spike in cases involving child abuse has been recorded in recent years, with the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) observing an increase of 21 cases, from 873 in 2016 to 894 in 2017. An even more marked increase of 322 was recorded previously, from 551 in 2015 to 873 in 2016.
Big Love, an initiative by welfare body Montfort Care set up in 2013, received 367 of such cases between Apr last year and Mar this year. The recorded figure shows an increase from the recorded 252 cases during the same period in 2017, and 177 in 2016, according to TODAY. Director Serene Tan posited that the spike might have resulted from more people coming forward to report cases of child abuse, and also the increasing number of professionals who have been equipped with the skills to recognise if a child has been abused.
A research project next year will be launched by MSF in 2019 to investigate possible reasons for the increase in child abuse cases, and, based on its findings, the Ministry will subsequently work on starting initiatives to remedy the roots of child abuse.
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Child abuse cases hit 8-year high, with spike in sexual abuse
The Ministry of Social & Family Development has investigated an increasing number of child abuse cases between 2015 & 2017, with the most significant increase involving sexual abuse.
In February 2018, a man was sentenced to 34 yrs' jail and the maximum 24 strokes of the cane for sexually abusing his lover's daughter.
The abuse started in 2010, when the girl was about 7 years old, and continued almost daily for the next 7 years.
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As child abuse reports rise, Singapore agencies shore up protection efforts
"Cindy"'s husband physically abused her and her kids repeatedly, until she finally confided in a social worker (Photo: Justin Ong)
She was pregnant with his child when he first hit her for “talking back” to him. After that, Cindy's husband kicked her, yanked her hair & slapped her till her glasses broke, but she chose to ride it out.
Then he started caning & smacking their kids to the point of bruising and still, she rode it out.
But when he slapped their third son - who has an intellectual disability - more than 10 times across the face, Cindy (not her real name) finally felt fear for her safety and that of her five children.
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Centre reports rise in child abuse cases within family
Child abuse is often not just about physical violence, it can also include emotional abuse, sexual abuse and neglect.
Child abuse in families is on the rise in Singapore, said Big Love Child Protection Specialist Centre, and the proposed changes to the law to mete out tougher penalties to child abusers is just one of the ways to tackle the growing number of cases.
The centre has seen the overall numbers of abuse by a family member climb to 367 cases between April 2017 and March 2018, up from 252 cases in the April 2016 to March 2017 period, and 177 cases in the same period.
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Spike in child abuse
When a child is abused by a stranger, family members are quick to report the crime.
Not so when the abuser is a family member, said social workers.
People have to be trained to spot signs of children being ill-treated by family members, including physical and sexual abuse, and neglect. Over the past 2 years, more people have been trained to better detect abuse cases, which has led to a spike in the number of cases investigated.
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Nearly 40% of children in abuse cases under age seven
Nearly 40% of child abuse cases investigated by the Ministry of Social & Family Development (MSF) in the past 3 years involved victims younger than 7, The Straits Times has learnt.
Yet, pre-schools have been found to be inadequate in spotting signs of child abuse, said experts, who called for regular standardised training for the teachers, which is currently not available.
This is important as many child abusers are immediate family members & pre-school educators become an important line of defence for the children, they said.
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No cover-ups in allegations of child abuse cases in Singapore’s Catholic Church
In light of recent reports of the cover-up of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania, Archbishop of Singapore, Most Reverend William Goh, said on Saturday (Sept 1) that they are "a wake-up call for us, as the Catholic Church in Singapore has not been spared allegations of child abuse", and that a handful of cases were brought to their attention.
Rev Goh also assured that there have been no cover-ups in Singapore's archdiocese, and that guidelines have been put in place to reduce the risk of such abuses, said the Archbishop in a pastoral letter on Saturday addressed to the Church.
He added that the cases were judged to be inconclusive by the Professional Standards Office (PSO), and confirmed by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome.
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Signs of Child Molestation
Sexual molestation is the indecent behavior of a dominant, older individual who coerces a child into sexual activity. Today, more than three million American children are victims of sexual abuse, and approximately 300,000 children are molested every year.
Molestation can manifest itself in many forms. The scope of behaviors that a perpetrator can exhibit is great, and includes sensual kissing, inappropriate touching or fondling of the child’s genitals, breast or buttock, masturbation of a child, oral-genital contact, genital-genital contact, penetration with fingers and child prostitution. Sexual abuse accounts for 9.2% of all types of child abuse, following neglect, physical abuse and other undefined types of maltreatment.
The Complete Guide to Signs of Child Molestation:
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Teacher who fathered child with former student found guilty of underage sex
An adjunct teacher who impregnated his former student was on Wednesday (31 July) found guilty of 19 charges of sexual penetration of a minor after a trial.
The student, now 19 and studying in a polytechnic, gave birth to their child two years ago. The 41-year-old man is out on $25,000 bail and set to be sentenced on 29 August. He faces up to 10 years’ jail and a fine for each of his 19 charges.
During the trial earlier this year, he claimed that their sexual relationship began only after the student turned 16.
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Former physics teacher who got teenage student pregnant found guilty of sex with minor
A former secondary school teacher, who developed a romantic relationship with his 15-year-old student and impregnated her, was found guilty of sexual penetration of a minor on Wednesday (July 31).
The 41-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the girl's identity, was convicted of 19 counts of sexual penetration which occurred on 10 occasions in August and September 2015 at his house.
The man had taught the teenage girl science and physics for all four years of her secondary school education from 2012 to 2015.
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Ex-sec school teacher fathered child with 15-year-old student, found guilty of sex acts with her
Not long after a former secondary school teacher began giving private Physics lessons to his 15-year-old student, he started inviting her to his home outside of tuition.
They began a romantic relationship in 2015, which soon evolved into a physically intimate one. They had sex on 10 separate occasions over a span of one-and-a-half months, though she did not consider them “real full sex”, and thought she was still a virgin.
But that changed in November 2016. A month had passed after their breakup when she discovered she was pregnant with his child.
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Former physics teacher who impregnated teenage student found guilty of sex with minor
A former secondary school teacher was found guilty on Wednesday (Jul 31) of 19 counts of sexual penetration of a minor.
He had sex with a 15-year-old student he was in a romantic relationship with and got her pregnant with a child who is now two years old, the court heard.
The 41-year-old man cannot be named due to a gag order preventing the publication of any information that would reveal the identity of the victim.
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School VP who performed sex acts on minor jailed 10 years
A primary school vice-principal, who started performing sexual acts on a male pupil when the boy was just 14 years old, was sentenced yesterday to 10 years' jail.
In sentencing him, District Judge Chay Yuen Fatt noted that the case involved "serious sexual offences" and that the offender had shown "gross abuse of authority".
Judge Chay convicted the now 57-year-old man in August after a trial. He had found the offender guilty of three counts of sexually exploiting a minor and five counts of carnal intercourse.
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Primary school V-P who sexually exploited boy gets 10 years' jail
A primary school vice-principal, who started performing sexual acts on a male pupil when the boy was just 14 years old, was sentenced yesterday to 10 years' jail.
In sentencing him, District Judge Chay Yuen Fatt noted that the case involved "serious sexual offences" and that the offender had shown "gross abuse of authority".
Judge Chay convicted the now 57-year-old man in August after a trial. He had found the offender guilty of three counts of sexually exploiting a minor and five counts of carnal intercourse. The man, who has been suspended from duty, cannot be named due to a gag order to protect the victim's identity.
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Former vice-principal found guilty of sexually violating student from when he was 14
Man jailed 22 months for sex with 14-year-old student, who asked him to be her ‘sugar daddy’
He began chatting with a girl on the messaging application Telegram in 2017 and found out she was a Secondary 2 student.
During their conversations, the 14-year-old asked Muhammad Asraf Mustaffa, who was aged 25 and an insurance agent at the time, if he could be her “sugar daddy”. She also told him she was not a virgin.
Having no sexual experience himself, he got curious. The pair ended up having consensual sex in several toilets for the handicapped, including at the Junction 8 and Velocity malls.
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65-year-old man rapes 2 young girls: How can we protect our babies?
A recent, highly disturbing case of child rape emphasises the fact that predators come in all shapes and size and ages. The predator was only caught because one of the victims, a four-year-old girl, had told her father she was being molested after complaining about pain. In this article, we discuss the signs of a child being molested and how to identify other adults who could be potential predators.
Rapists Aren’t Defined by Age - Recently, police officers in South Jakarta arrested a 65-year-old man known by the initials “AS”. His crime is something that would devastate any parent: the rape of two precious young girls. The crime came to light recently when a four-year-old girl grumbled to her dad about experiencing bodily discomfort.
How Can You Tell if Someone Is Targeting Your Child:
Man admits to committing sexual-related offences involving 5 underage girls
A man admitted on Wednesday (31 July) to preying on five teenage girls for an array of sexual offences.
At the time, A R Arun Prashanth was 22 years old and serving his national service with the Singapore Police Force.
After befriending his victims, aged 12 to 15, Arun would pester some of them for obscene images and to meet up for sex.
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Man jailed for molesting 6 girls in pool at Hougang Swimming Complex
When he noticed a group of boys and girls enter the swimming pool at Hougang Swimming Complex, he felt the urge to touch them.
Job Mathew Panakkal then molested six of the girls, aged between 10 and 13, within the space of about 15 minutes as he swam past them.
On Wednesday (July 3), the Indian national, 37, was sentenced to 20 weeks behind bars after pleading guilty to three charges of using criminal force to molest a minor. 4 other identical charges were taken into consideration for sentencing.
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Man, 70, jailed for molesting seven girls in under an hour
An elderly man went on a molesting spree at Clementi Bus Interchange earlier this year, groping seven girls in less than an hour. He also molested three other victims on separate occasions with the youngest being 11 and the oldest, 22.
Yeo Kin Choon, 70, was yesterday jailed for 28 months on four counts of outrage of modesty, with another six similar charges taken into consideration. Court documents showed Yeo's spree began at about 1pm on March 15 at Clementi Bus Interchange and ending at around 1.55pm:
Nurse molested 6 girls in 2 weeks; he stuck masking tape on fingers to avoid detection
After sticking strips of masking tape onto his fingers to avoid detection, a hospital nurse ambushed 6 girls on overhead bridges and molested them, striking 3 times in about an hour on one occasion.
On some occasions, 39-yr-old Aldrin Illias also took along an extra set of clothes and a pair of spectacles, which he used after committing the offences to make it more difficult for his victims to recognise him.
For his offences, Aldrin was sentenced to 3 years' jail and 10 strokes of the cane on Friday (April 6).
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Retired man jailed for molesting landlady's 8-yr-old granddaughter
A retired man who accepted a friend's offer to rent a room in her Hougang flat ended up molesting the woman's 8-year-old granddaughter.
The 68-year-old man was jailed for a year and eight months on Thursday (Aug 2) after pleading guilty to one count of outraging the child's modesty.
A second molestation charge involving the same girl was considered during sentencing.
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NSF gets 18 months’ probation for molesting 12-year-old girl
A 12-year-old girl was on her way home from school when she was approached by a teenage boy who asked if she wanted to be his photography model. She agreed, but ended up getting molested by the 18-year-old instead.
Lester Ong, a full-time national serviceman (NSF), was placed on 18 months’ supervised probation by the State Court on Thursday (June 13), after he had pleaded guilty to molesting the girl in March this year.
During his probation, Ong must remain indoors between 10pm and 6am, except if it is to fulfil national service obligations. He has also been ordered to serve 120 hours of community service as well as attend psycho-education sessions on healthy sexuality and responsible sexual conduct.
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Teenager who molested 12-year-old girl at staircase landing gets 18 months' probation
Pretending that he needed help for a photography competition, Lester Ong Pei Cong lured a 12-year-old girl to a staircase landing, where he molested her.
The 18-year-old, who is now a full-time national serviceman, was sentenced to 18 months' supervised probation on Thursday (June 13).
Under the conditions of the supervised probation, Ong must remain indoors from 10pm to 6am, and perform 120 hours of community service.
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Repeat offender who molested 12-year-old girl at bus interchange jailed
A 25-year-old man who molested a 12-year-old girl at a bus interchange in April this year was sentenced to jail for 13 months on Thursday (Jul 26).
Teo Yan Kang, a Singapore permanent resident from Malaysia, also tried to molest two other women aged 30 and 23 in April and May.
Teo, who was working as a McDonald's crew member at the time, molested the 12-year-old secondary school student at Jurong East Temporary Bus Interchange at around 3pm on Apr 16.
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Repeat offender who molested 12-year-old girl at bus interchange jailed
A teenager asked a 12-year-old girl to be his model for a photography competition and lured her to a staircase landing before molesting her.
Lester Ong Pei Cong, 18, pleaded guilty in court on Friday (March 29) to outraging the girl's modesty on July 12 last year.
She was on her way home from school at around 3.15pm and was walking past a lift lobby of a Bukit Panjang block of flats when Ong approached her.
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Teen who molested 12-year-old girl using modelling ruse gets probation
He asked a 12-year-old girl to be his model for a photography competition but it was just a ruse for him to molest her at a staircase landing.
On Thursday (13 June), Lester Ong Pei Cong, 18, was sentenced to 18 months’ probation on one count of molest of a person under the age of 14.
Ong, who is currently serving his national service, had earlier pleaded guilty to the charge. His victim cannot be named due to a gag order.
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Man jailed for molesting 12-year-old boy in lift
When a 12-year-old boy was molested in a lift the first time, he, out of fear, did not tell his parents.
But when he was molested again the next day by the same man, he mustered up the courage and told his mother about the incidents.
On Tuesday (Oct 3), Syed Hashim Wahid, 29, was jailed for eight months after he admitted to touching the victim in a lift at a block of flats in Woodlands on May 24, 2016. A second similar charge was considered during his sentencing.
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Student care centre guardian in Singapore convicted of sexually abusing young boys!
They called him "Uncle"; he would help the boys with their homework.
He even took them to church, and bought them ice pops and sweets. In return, this "kind and patient" uncle molested them.
Sexual abuse over 2 years - According to Channel NewsAsia, the crimes committed by this "guardian" at a primary school student care centre in Singapore came out in the open, when he was caught slipping his hand under the table to touch a 10-year-old boy’s penis.
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Man jailed for molesting his daughter, claims he had pornography addiction
A 52-year-old man who molested his daughter while she was half-asleep was sentenced to jail for a year and four months on Tuesday (May 21).
The man, who cannot be named in order to protect the identity of his daughter, has been addicted to pornography for 20 to 30 years, his defence lawyer said.
The man pleaded guilty to one charge of using criminal force to outrage the modesty of the 14-year-old girl, with a second similar charge taken into consideration.
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Construction worker molested boy, 11, in MRT train while father was nearby
A construction worker molested an 11-year-old boy in an MRT train while the child's father was standing nearby.
For committing the offence, Faruk Abdulla Al, 27, who is from Bangladesh, was sentenced on Friday (March 8) to 15 weeks' jail.
District Judge Ng Cheng Thiam convicted him of a molestation charge last month after a two-day trial.
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Little boy molested during sleepover in Singapore by friend's father
What was meant to be a fun night, and time for bonding with friends, turned out to be a painful experience for a little boy, when he got molested during sleepover in Singapore.
The world seems to be getting more perverted than over, and we dread to imagine what the future holds for our little ones. We can't help but think, in this age of vice, is it wise to let our kids go for sleepovers?
Little boy molested during sleepover in Singapore - According to Channel NewsAsia, a 9-year-old boy was molested by his friend's father during a sleepover.
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Youth admits to molesting girl, 5, while out on bail for molesting 11-year-old boy
He had already been hauled to court for molesting a primary school boy at a lift lobby.
But while out on bail for his first offence, Low Wei Hao Jeremy proceeded to molest a 5-year-old girl.
Low, 20, pleaded guilty on Monday (Aug 6) to two charges of using criminal force to molest the two minors. Another charge of committing an obscene act with the girl will be taken into consideration when he is sentenced next Monday.
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Singapore school girl sexually assaulted by man at bus stop
It was around 2:30 pm that day, and the 9-year-old girl was at a bus stop at Rivervale Crescent in Sengkang, waiting to go home after school. She was in her school physical education attire. A man approached her, and what followed next continues to torment her.
Singapore school girl sexually assaulted - According to Today, the man proceeded to compliment the girl, saying she was cute. Shockingly, 51-year-old Neo Beng Yeow then proceeded to touch her hair, before forcefully grabbing her and kissing her on the lips.
The poor little girl tried to break free from his grip, but the pervert was just too strong for her. He managed to kiss her again and groped other parts of her body, including her buttocks.
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Man jailed for molesting girlfriend's 11-year-old daughter
The court heard that the man was the long-term boyfriend of the child's mother.
He was left alone with the girl in their flat in western Singapore as the girl's mother and 15-year-old brother had gone out to run errands. At about 4.20pm on Apr 12 last year, the man kissed the 11-year-old girl while resting his arm on her chest, before proceeding to molest her over her clothes.
Although the child felt frightened and wanted to tell the man "no" or ask him to stop, she could not say a word as he was kissing her, Deputy Public Prosecutor Sruthi Boppana said.
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Former school teacher jailed for molesting his 11-year-old pupil
A former school teacher was sentenced to 15 months' jail yesterday for molesting an 11-year-old student during his first and only lesson with her.
The man, 67, was working at the school as a part-time English teacher. He cannot be named to protect the victim's identity. The victim had been sent to Singapore to study at the private school at the Primary 5 level.
Her lessons would end at around noon for the morning session, and the afternoon session would end at around 5pm.
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Jail for man who molested girlfriend’s 11-year-old daughter
Left alone with his long-time girlfriend’s 11-year-old daughter, a man kissed the young girl on the lips and touched her private parts.
On Tuesday (Jan 8), the 56-year-old man was jailed a year and eight months, after he pleaded guilty last month to one molestation charge. Another similar charge was taken into consideration for sentencing.
Investigations revealed that the man, who cannot be named due to a gag order to protect the victim’s identity, felt that his girlfriend had tempted him by leaving him alone at home with her daughter.
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Student care volunteer who molested 10-year-old boy in church toilet gets probation
A student care volunteer who molested a 10-year-old boy in a church toilet was given 18 months' probation on Monday (May 13).
The 20-year-old offender also has to perform 130 hours of community service and undergo psychological treatment for his sexual offending behaviour.
Both the offender and the church cannot be named in order to protect the identity of the victim.
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Man jailed 16 months for molesting 14-year-old daughter in her sleep
While his 14-year-old daughter lay asleep next to him, he sexually violated her by touching her private parts.
Even after she turned away out of fear and discomfort, he escalated his acts, pulling down her pants and rubbing himself against her.
The girl kept silent as she feared her mother would not believe her. It was only when her teacher observed a change in her behaviour that she told her school counsellor what had happened.
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14-year-old girl allegedly molested on bus in Yishun, man arrested
A man has been arrested for allegedly molesting a girl on board a bus, said the police in a statement on Tuesday (May 14).
Police said they were alerted to the case on board a bus along Yishun Avenue 5 last Wednesday at about 8.20pm.
The victim was a 14-year-old girl.
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Student who molested 14-year-old female classmate in school toilet given 21 months' probation
A teenager convinced his 14-year-old classmate to skip lessons, then lured her into a toilet and molested her.
The offender, who is now 16, also grabbed the girl's wrist and forced her to sexually stimulate him.
He was sentenced to a year and nine months' probation on Tuesday (April 23), after pleading guilty in February to one count each of molestation and sexually exploiting a minor.
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Man jailed 16 months for molesting daughter, 14
His teenage daughter would sleep in the same bed as him and did so even after he had molested her two months earlier.
But the 52-year-old exploited that trust and molested her again when his wife, a nurse, was working the night shift.
The man, who cannot be named to protect his daughter's identity, was yesterday jailed for a year and four months after pleading guilty to using criminal force to outrage the modesty of the then 14-year-old. A second similar charge was taken into consideration.
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Dad jailed 16 months for molesting teenage daughter
After being molested by her father while in bed, a 14-year-old girl was left feeling so "disturbed and embarrassed" that she did not dare tell anyone about it.
It was only when her teacher referred her to a school counsellor that her ordeal came to light, and the 52-year-old father was arrested.
On Tuesday (May 21) the man, who cannot be named due to a gag order to protect his daughter's identity, was jailed for 16 months after pleading guilty to one count of outraging his daughter's modesty.
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Mathematics tuition teacher pleads guilty to molesting 15-year-old student
A tuition teacher on Monday (Jun 17) admitted to molesting a 15-year-old girl who attended his mathematics classes.
The 48-year-old Indonesian, who is also a Singapore permanent resident, cannot be named due to a court order.
The court heard that the divorced man taught secondary school students in group classes that were conducted thrice a week at his home.
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Private tutor admits to molesting student, 15, several times in his home
On the pretext of helping a 15-year-old girl complete her homework, a mathematics tuition teacher asked his student to stay behind after class on at least five occasions.
After everyone else had left, the private tutor would then molest the girl in a room in his home, where he held the classes. Initially, she kept quiet out of fear, but eventually confided in a male friend, who told the girl’s school what had happened.
The school told her mother, who then took her to the police to make a police report.
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Man molests young girl on Universal Studios ride in Singapore
Did he just stroke her thigh? Maybe accidentally, she thought. The ride was after all going super fast; it was but natural to swing a bit to the side. But then she felt it again...and again, on different parts of her body.
Fun day turns bad - According to Yahoo News Singapore, the 12-year-old Singapore girl had gone to Universal Studios with friends. She boarded the "Revenge of the Mummy" ride with 2 of her friends. An Indian national ended up sitting next to her, on the right.
The Revenge of the Mummy ride is an indoor rollercoaster and operates in dimly lit conditions. At the beginning of the ride, the vehicle moves slowly and stops briefly, before reversing at high speed. It was at this point that the girl felt the man stroking her right thigh. She tried to ignore his advances, but by the end of the ride, the poor girl was quite traumatised. She had been touched inappropriately five times, including on the breast.
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Ex-teacher found guilty of molesting 2 young girls at learning centre in Singapore!
She was 7 then, and a student at an Orchard Road enrichment centre. During lessons, her teacher would sit next to her and, from beneath the table where no one could see, slip his hand under her clothes. This happened on many occasions.
She was nervous and scared but dared not tell anyone lest her teacher scold her. Every Sunday, from 2:30-4:00 pm, she would attend classes at an Orchard Road enrichment centre, conducted by Ian Lewis, a reading specialist teacher.
Each class had about four to six students and yet, Lewis, a British man, was able to get his way with the girl. It took an episode of Crime Watch (which had a tutor behaving indecently with a student) for the girl to realise that she had been harmed. She confided in her mum.
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60-year old man has been arrested for allegedly molesting a 15-year old girl on a public bus
A 60-year old man has been arrested on suspicion of molesting a teenage girl on a public bus, reported The Straits Times.
The 15-year old victim made a police report on 23rd July alleging that she had been molested while travelling on a bus on Boundary Road in Serangoon.
Cops arrested the suspect in the vicinity of Serangoon Avenue 2 less than an hour after the report was made. Investigations are ongoing.
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6 Children allegedly molested at swimming pool in Singapore
As many as 6 young girls were allegedly molested at a swimming pool in Singapore recently. The incident happened at Hougang Swimming Complex, and police were alerted to it on 13 September 2018.
A 36-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the case.
Children molested at swimming pool in Singapore - According to The Straits Times, the 6 victims were aged between 9 and 13. The suspect was arrested on 24 September along Hougang Avenue 2.
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Man shouldn't be slapping girl while she kneels in public, says Stomper
A man was caught on camera slapping a young girl while she knelt on the ground at the carpark of IKEA Tampines on Mon night (Nov 5)
Stomper Anonymous felt concerned after witnessing the incident at around 9pm & filmed a video, which he then sent to Stomp.
He described what he saw: "The man was seen shouting and slapping a girl, believed to be his daughter, and& asking her to kneel down.
"I do not know what the man was upset about, but he was saying things like, 'I love you, but you cannot say these kind of things to me' and 'It's no longer your mum's place, it is my place'."
related: Police investigating man slapping kneeling child at Tampines carpark
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Angry Father Slaps & Forces Young Daughter to Kneel in an IKEA Carpark
Well, this doesn’t seem right! Punishing a child when they do something wrong can teach them how to make good decisions next time but do make sure that it is an appropriate punishment.
Recently, Stomp reported that a man was caught on camera slapping and forcing his young child to kneel in a public place while another lady who was with them watched helplessly. The incident took place at a carpark in IKEA Tampines, Singapore on a Monday (5 November 2018) night.
The person who witnessed and recorded the shocking incident told Stomp that the whole ordeal took place at around 9pm. The source was quoted by Stomp as saying, “The man was seen shouting and slapping a girl, believed to be his daughter, and asking her to kneel down.” The source, who doesn’t wish to be named, said that he isn’t sure why the father was so angry at the poor child. The girl looked like she was about five or six years old.
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Viral video of child kneeling while getting slapped; considered abuse
In the video, the man is seen pointing his finger at the girl's face, then slapping her so hard that she almost loses her balance. PHOTO: STOMP
A video of a young girl, who is made to kneel in public before a man slaps her hard on the face, has sparked outrage.
So much so that the alleged abuse has been reported to both the police & the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF), which are now investigating the incident.
In the video, taken at about 9pm on Monday, the girl, who looks to be of primary school age, is seen kneeling next to a white car in the carpark of Ikea Tampines.
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Woman taken to court after allegedly allowing boyfriend to sexually abuse daughter
As a mother, she was supposed to protect & care for her daughter.
But the 39-yr-old woman was taken to court yesterday after she allegedly allowed the girl to be sexually abused by her boyfriend.
The woman, who cannot be named to protect the girl's identity, was charged with knowingly permitting the child to be ill-treated.
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8 years’ jail, caning for man who molested 3 girls, including niece, aged 9 & below
A 45-yr-old man was sentenced to eight years' jail & 24 strokes of the cane on Tuesday (Nov 20) for molesting 3 children who were aged between 4 and 9.
Of the three girls, one was his own niece, while another was his four-year-old neighbour. The third victim is believed to be between 6 and 8 years old. The man cannot be identified in order to protect the identity of his now 11-yr-old niece, who was eight when he first molested her.
The married man, who was a research associate at a local university, committed the crimes between Aug 2014 and Jan 2017, when he was caught.
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Maid who claimed she was stressed jailed 7 years for causing toddler's death
Indonesian domestic helper Maryani Usman Utar caused the death of 1-year-old Richelle Teo Yan Jia at a flat in Block 225 Simei Street 4.
The tragedy took place on May 8, 2016, which was Mother's Day, between 2am and 7.36am.
The 25-yr-old pleaded guilty to causing the death of the toddler in her care and was convicted in the High Court yesterday (Nov 22) and jailed for 7 years.
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More must be done to help victims of child sexual abuse
I laud the report on child sexual abuse cases in Singapore (When home is where the sex abuse is, for kids; Aug 26).
Media attention is now focused on the exceptional failings of the Roman Catholic Church as its widespread and& decades-long sexual abuse scandal unfolds.
Few media outlets have highlighted the far larger public health issue, where a majority of sexual abuse cases occur in the home, often by a family member.
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Social workers lauded for helping to curb child abuse
But for 2 brothers, these were things to be feared. The boys, aged 4 and 6, were beaten daily with such items by their parents.
The boys both have global developmental delay & their parents thought this was the appropriate way to discipline their special-needs children.
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When the teacher is the bully
Bullying has become a national issue. But what do you do if the school bully is your child's teacher?
When Karen Eubank’s son first complained about his “mean” teacher, she took it with a grain of salt. “Usually ‘mean’ just means a teacher makes you study, is demanding, or wants you to answer questions,” says the Dallas, TX mom. “Not that [the teacher’s] being verbally abusive.”
Unfortunately, that’s exactly what it meant. Eubank had transferred her son from a private school to a new charter that a friend recommended. During the tour, Eubank fell in love with the school — there was a garden, they played music at lunch, the school was “just beautiful,” she says.
But after the school year began, her fourth grader began saying that he didn’t want to go to school. Every day before school, he claimed he felt nauseated. Every afternoon at pickup, he was angry. Eubank assumed the boy was just adjusting to his new school. It wasn’t until Halloween that Eubanks discovered the chilling truth. She asked a child in the class next door to her son’s how he liked school. He replied it that he was fine, but that her son “wasn’t having such a good time.” The teacher, the boy told her, “yells at him all the time and we can hear it in the next room.”
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Child Abuse
Children need a safe and nurturing environment to grow and learn. Child abuse is defined as any act of commission or ommission by a parent or guardian which would endanger or impair the child's physical or emotional well-being or that are judged by a mixture of community values and professionals to be inappropriate.
Child abuse includes:
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Big Love - Child Protection Specialist Centre
Set up in May 2013, Big Love’s main objective is to help families with Child Protection concerns and for families to improve their functioning and resilience.
Central to Big Love’s philosophy is the belief in providing child-centric, family-focused and community-based support. Case work management and supportive services are conducted in client’s natural environment such as homes, schools, workplaces and within their communities.
These services include:
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Online chat service for troubled pupils
Children who need a listening ear can tap an online chat service launched yesterday by the Singapore Children’s Society.
Called Tinkle Friend Online, it is the only such chat service for distressed children here & adds to the society’s phone helpline, which has seen a drop in calls.
Last year, 1,701 calls were made to the toll-free Tinkle Friend helpline, down from 2,508 in 2012, & 4,662 in 2008.
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Pedophilia
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Sexual offences against children and young people:
Reformative training for youth who had sex with 2 underage girls and impregnated them
Sex predator who used Instagram to lure girls to his home gets 12½ yrs’ jail, caning
YouTuber Dee Kosh jailed 32 weeks for sexual offences against young people
Man gets jail for having paid sex with minor he met on Sugarbook website
Man admits sexually exploiting minors, including 2 sisters he met on chat group
4 men charged with molesting children in places including restaurant, HDB block
‘Paedophilic’ man who abused several children face new charge involving another victim
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A teenager began molesting and sexually abusing his cousin from when she was eight, with the offences coming to light only when she turned 12 and told her friends about her pregnancy fears.
The 20-year-old man pleaded guilty on Wednesday (Aug 12) to one count of outraging his cousin's modesty and two counts of sexual penetration of a minor. Another 14 charges will be taken into consideration for sentencing.
The man cannot be named due to a gag order protecting the identity of the victim, who is now 15.
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Man sexually abused cousin for over 3 years from when she was 8
At the age of between eight and nine years old, she was targeted by an older cousin who made sexual advances on her, believing that she could not understand the gravity of his actions.
The sexual abuses began when the cousin was 13. They continued until the victim turned 12 years old, when she became worried that she might get pregnant. The victim confided in her close friends who related the incident to their teacher. She later lodged a police report.
On Wednesday (12 August), a court called for a reformative training report for the accused, now 20, who is waiting to enlist into National Service. Facing 17 charges involving sexual offences, the man pleaded guilty to three which involved molesting and sexually penetrating the victim. The rest will be taken into consideration for his sentencing.
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Man admits to undressing and molesting 13-year-old daughter thrice
While his 13-year-old daughter lay alone in the master bedroom, a man pulled down her shorts and underwear and molested her.
The 47-year-old Filipino did not know that his daughter was actually awake and had no idea what to do. The incident marked the first of three times that the man sexually abused his daughter. Months after the first occasion, he sexually assaulted her again while she slept. Two days later, he brazenly molested her, despite knowing that she was awake.
The man, who is a Singapore Permanent Resident, pleaded guilty on Tuesday (17 March) to three counts of molesting a person under 14-years-old, with two other counts of molest on two other occasions taken into consideration for when he is sentenced.
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Teacher gave gifts to underage female student before performing sexual acts on her
A married secondary school teacher, who was aware that one of his students was infatuated with him, showered the 14-year-old girl with gifts, such as a watch and an iPhone, before performing sexual acts on her.
A district court heard that the man even lied to the minor, claiming that he reciprocated her feelings even though he felt no romantic attachment to her.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Ho Jiayun said: "Ultimately, he took advantage of her youthful affection for him... and saw her merely as a means to satisfy his own sexual desire."
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Religious teacher jailed for kissing female pupil, 8, on the lips
The girl and her younger brother kissed their teacher's hand out of respect before their Quranic recitation class, and he in turn kissed them on the cheeks.
Then, twice last year, he kissed the eight-year-old girl on the lips and instructed her not to tell anyone.
But she told her mother and her father made a police report.
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Man admits molesting, sexually abusing his 13-year-old daughter
A 47-year-old man admitted in court on Tuesday (Mar 17) to repeatedly molesting his 13-year-old daughter while they were alone at home.
The man, a Singapore permanent resident, cannot be named as it will identify the victim.
The court heard that he molested his daughter between August 2016 and July 2017, causing her pain and discomfort each time.
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Father who raped 13-year old daughter jailed for 24 years
On February 26, 2020, it would seem that justice has prevailed for a now 16-year old girl whose 50-year old father was finally sentenced to 24 years in jail after molesting and raping her. The father, who cannot be named to keep the victim safe, along with his wife and two children, are all Chinese nationals living in Singapore with permanent residency (PR) status. They were living together in an HDB flat, while the father worked as a technician during the time that the incidents of molest and rapes took place.
It was back in October 2018 when the victim’s co-form teacher became concerned and decided to speak to her after hearing that she wanted to run away from home. Eventually, the teenager spoke out about her father touching her inappropriately, which prompted the teacher to inform the police.
The harrowing details of the events that took place were brought up in court. The father, who was said to have a ‘strained relationship’ with his wife for several years, was sleeping in a sectioned-portion of the living room while the wife slept in the master bedroom. The first time he molested his daughter was in the earlier portion of 2018 when she was just 13-years old. The first episode occurred while the daughter was on the computer. The father hugged her from behind and put his hands inside her shirt while he touched her breasts. Without knowing what else to do, she just chose to walk away.
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Youth raped younger sister after years of sexually abusing her since she was 5, gets jail and caning
For years from when she was five years old, a boy sexually abused his sister, who was seven years younger than him.
When he turned 20, he raped the girl in the flat they shared with their mother and another sibling.
When their mother found out that her daughter was pregnant, she did not take her to hospital as she feared her son would get arrested. Instead, she took her to Malaysia for an abortion, but the doctor refused to perform the procedure.
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Teen pleads guilty to forcing pre-school stepsister to perform sexual act
The male teenager, now 17 years old, pleaded guilty on Wednesday (29 January) to one count of sexually assaulting a person under 14 years old. Probation and Reformative Training reports were called for the teen, who will return to court to be sentenced next Wednesday.
The court heard that the teen had watching pornography on his mobile phone in the kitchen toilet, on a day between June and September 2017. He was undressed and began masturbating with the door partially closed. About five minutes into the act, the teen’s stepsister opened the door and caught sight of the teen. The teen then reached for the child’s hand and coaxed her into the toilet.
When the girl refused, the teen grabbed her hand and brought it to his penis. He then tried to bring her head towards his genitals and asked her to perform a sexual act on him. The girl resisted until the teen said that he would give her chocolate as a reward. He forced himself on the girl for 10 seconds before letting her go. The girl then fled. The teen continued to watch pornography on his handphone afterwards.
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Teenager pleads guilty to sexually assaulting four-year-old stepsister in toilet
A 17-year-old boy admitted in court on Wednesday (Jan 29) to sexually assaulting his stepsister, then aged four to five years old, when the girl caught him masturbating in the toilet. The boy, who cannot be identified due to gag orders protecting the identity of the victim, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault by penetration of a minor.
The boy was 14 at the time of the offence, which took place between June and September in 2017. The court heard that the boy was home with three other people on the day of the offence, when he went to the kitchen toilet and sat on the toilet bowl.
He left the door slightly open and watched pornography on his phone, and began masturbating. About five minutes after this, his stepsister opened the door and saw the accused masturbating.
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Teen pleads guilty to sexual offence against stepsister
A 14-year-old boy coaxed his stepsister into the bathroom of their home and forced the then five-year-old to perform oral sex on him. The incident happened some time between June and September 2017, a district court heard on Wednesday (Jan 29). Now aged 17, he has pleaded guilty to one count of sexually penetrating the girl without her consent. He cannot be named because of a court-imposed gag order to protect the girl's identity.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Sean Teh said the boy was watching pornography on his mobile phone in the bathroom when the girl opened its door and saw him masturbating. The DPP told District Judge Seah Chi-Ling: "The accused reached for the victim's hand as he was still sitting on the toilet bowl, and coaxed her to enter the toilet. The victim initially refused."
He grabbed her hand and promised to give her chocolate if she performed oral sex on him. He sexually penetrated the girl without her consent and she ran out about 10 seconds later when he released his grip on her.
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Teen gets probation for molesting 12-year-old sister, asking for sex act
An 18-year-old boy was sentenced to 21 months' probation on Wednesday (Jan 29) for repeatedly molesting his 12-year-old sister and asking her to masturbate him in return for K-pop merchandise.
He had molested his sister over her shorts last January (2019) while she was alone with him in his room to ask about homework. A month later, he argued with the girl over what to watch on television before picking her up, placing her on his bed and molesting her over her shirt.
In April, she walked in on her brother masturbating, and he followed her out to the living room where he repeatedly asked her to masturbate him, offering to buy her merchandise from Korean pop group BTS in return. The girl rejected her brother and lodged a police report saying she had been molested.
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Probation for teen who offered sister BTS items for sexual act
A teen who molested his biological sister and offered her merchandise from Korean pop group BTS in exchange for a sexual act was given 21 months’ probation on Wednesday (29 January). Last month, the teen admitted to two counts of aggravated molest and one of attempting to procure an indecent act with his sister, who was then 12. A charge involving him hugging her from behind was taken into consideration for his sentencing.
The first offence took place in January last year when the girl asked him for help with her homework while in his room. As she sat beside him on his bed, the brother rubbed her genital area over her shorts for about five seconds. The girl then fled the room. The family moved house shortly after and the siblings shared a bedroom. A month after the first offence, as the siblings argued over what television programme to watch, the teen suddenly lifted his sister and molested her again before placing her on his bed. The girl then yelled at him to leave the bedroom and he did.
On 15 April, the girl returned home at about 6pm to find the door to their bedroom closed. After knocking and receiving no response for a while, the girl opened the door. Her brother had been masturbating but stopped when his sister opened the door. The girl then closed the door and went to the living room but her brother followed her. He repeatedly asked the victim to masturbate him and offered to buy her merchandise from BTS in return.
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Teen who molested 12-year-old sister sentenced to 21 months' probation
An 18-year-old youth, who repeatedly asked his younger sister to sexually stimulate him and promised to buy her merchandise featuring popular Korean pop group BTS in return, was sentenced on Wednesday (Jan 29) to 21 months' probation. The 12-year-old girl had gone into her brother's room in January last year and sat on his bed. She bolted from the room when he suddenly rubbed her private parts with his hand.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Ryan Lim had earlier told District Judge Seah Chi-Ling: "The accused suddenly picked the victim up, carried the victim to their bedroom and laid her on his bed. "(The) accused used the fingers of his left hand to stroke the side of the victim's right breast over the victim's T-shirt in an upwards and downwards motion. The touching was non-fleeting." The girl yelled at her brother to get out of the bedroom and he complied.
DPP Lim had said that on April 15 last year, the girl came home at around 6pm and found that the door to their bedroom was closed. She knocked on the door and opened it after she received no response. The girl then saw her brother performing a sexual act. She closed the door and went to the living room. He came out and repeatedly asked her to sexually stimulate him. He also promised to buy her merchandise featuring BTS in return. She rejected his requests and made a police report nine days later.
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Jail for NTU student who climbed water pipes to have sex with 15-year-old girl in her bedroom
They got to know each other in their cell group in church, before beginning to date when he was 24 years old and she was 15. He was a Nanyang Technological University (NTU) student at the time. The couple had sex on a few occasions, at his hostel room and in her house, continuing to do so even after her parents found out about their relationship and made them break up.
On Jan 21, 2018, he got into her bedroom by climbing the water pipes of the shophouse where she lived. Her bedroom was on the second storey. They came up with this modus operandi earlier that month so her parents would not know what they were doing.
They had sex there and he did not use a condom.
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S’pore man, 44, repeatedly molested 9-year-old daughter while wife was overseas
According to court documents, the man fetched his daughter back home in May 2018, before going out to drink with his friends. Upon returning to the unit, he proceeded to her room to retrieve some clothes, when he noticed her asleep with her legs slightly open.
The man then lied down on the bed, facing her back, and hugged her from behind. He then lined his underwear with tissue paper, before rubbing his groin against his daughter till he ejaculated. He then went to the toilet to wash up and shower.
The man performed similar acts to his daughter on at least two occasions between May and September 2018, while his wife was overseas.
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Man who thrice rubbed groin against sleeping daughter, 9, jailed, caned
In May last year, after fetching his daughter home, the father left for a bout of drinking with his friends. Upon returning home, the man went to his daughter’s bedroom to take some clothes. He then noticed her sleeping on her side with her legs slightly open.
He lay down on the bed and hugged her from behind. Feeling sexually aroused, the man lined his underwear with tissue and rubbed his groin against the girl. After a while, he went to the toilet to shower.
He repeated the act later that month. The girl woke up on each occasion and realised it was her father rubbing his genitals against her, but she kept silent as she felt scared. She was also afraid of revealing the incidents to her mother as she feared her parents would quarrel.
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Man repeatedly molested 9-year-old daughter while wife was overseas, gets jail and caning
The court heard that the family of three lived together in a home where the incidents occurred. On the first occasion, before May 2018, the man fetched his daughter home from her nanny's place and went out drinking. When he returned home, he went to the girl's room to retrieve clothes from a shared wardrobe.
He noticed the girl asleep on her side on the bed, and he lay down and hugged her, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Chong Yong. Feeling sexually aroused, he then rubbed himself against his daughter to satisfy his urges.
This occurred on at least another two occasions between May and September 2018, when his wife was overseas each time, and while he was intoxicated. On each occasion, the girl was woken up by her father's actions, and she peeked at him and realised it was her father.
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Father who repeatedly molested 9-year-old daughter gets 21 months’ jail, caning
The court heard that he had picked her up from her nanny’s home that evening before going to drink with his friends. His wife was overseas at the time. After returning to their flat, he went to the girl’s room to retrieve some clothes from a shared wardrobe.
It was then that he noticed her asleep on the bed. He lay beside her and hugged her from behind. “Feeling sexually aroused, the accused proceeded to line his underwear with tissue paper,” Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Chong Yong told the court. He hugged the girl from behind again and continuously rubbed his private parts against her, before going to the toilet to wash up and take a shower.
Following this, he performed similar acts on her on at least two other occasions between May and September last year, also when his wife was abroad.
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Repeat offender gets jail, cane after 'badgering' 13-year-old girl for sex at staircase
Just months after being released from reformative training for a previous sex offence, a 22-year-old man lured a teenager he had met online to a staircase and pressurised her into having sex with him.
After the incident, the 13-year-old girl was left with "significant psychological and emotional scars" and diagnosed with a childhood emotional disorder, said District Judge Marvin Bay.
On Friday (Jan 10), Filipino Rojas Gil Dominic Barbosa was sentenced to four years and 11 months' jail and two strokes of the cane for one charge of sexual penetration of a minor.
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Man who coerced 13-year-old girl he met on live streaming app into sex gets 4 years 11 months’ jail
By persistently badgering a 13-year-old girl to “bend to his will” and give in to his sexual demands, Gil Dominic Barbosa Rojas eventually coerced the minor into having sex with him at a secluded carpark.
For that, Rojas, a Singapore permanent resident, was jailed for four years and 11 months and will be given two strokes of the cane, the court heard on Friday (Jan 10). He was 22 at the time.
It was only until months later did the girl, who had suffered from emotional and psychological scars and attempted suicide, reveal to her mother that she had been assaulted.
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Recalcitrant sex offender gets jail, caning for assaulting victim, 13
He had been sentenced to probation and reformative training for sexual crimes involving three minors aged 12 to 15.
But just months after Rojas Gil Dominic Barbosa was released from the Reformative Training Centre, he struck again.
After cajoling a 13-year-old he just got to know into having sex at a staircase landing of a multi-storey car park, he told her to keep mum about the crime as he had been incarcerated for under-age sex previously.
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Police arrest man suspected of molesting 13-year-old girl in MRT train
Police said on Wednesday (Oct 2) they have arrested a man suspected of molesting a 13-year-old girl in an MRT train.
In a news release, the authorities said they received a report of the incident at about 6.50pm on Sept 26.
The suspect was said to have molested the girl in a train travelling from Bukit Gombak MRT station.
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Man arrested for allegedly molesting 13-year-old girl on MRT train
A 44-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly molesting a 13-year-old girl on an MRT train, the police said on Wednesday (Oct 2).
The police said they received a report last Thursday at 6.50pm that the girl had been molested by a man she did not know while on a train travelling from Bukit Gombak MRT station. The man left after the incident.
With the aid of closed-circuit television images, officers from the Jurong Police Division established the identity of the man and arrested him on Tuesday.
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Man, 42, sexually assaulted stepdaughter, as wife lay asleep beside him
At first, the stepfather limited himself to touching the victim’s private parts over her clothes. He began sexually assaulting her when she was in Primary 3, increasing the frequency of the abuse when his wife got pregnant.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Kavita Uthrapathy said that when his “lust for his stepdaughter grew”, so did the audacity of the various sex acts he committed on her up until Oct 14, 2016. He would sometimes do these while he lay in bed with the girl's mother. All this while, the victim pretended to be asleep because she was afraid that the man would get angry with her.
In one instance in 2015, she asked him to lie down next to her on her bed because there was a heavy thunderstorm and she was scared. He then sexually assaulted her.
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Man given 3 years’ jail for having sex with underage stepdaughter
An assistant service engineer, who had unprotected sex with his 15-year-old stepdaughter in a car after he picked her up from school, was sentenced yesterday to three years' jail.
The 41-year-old Singaporean pleaded guilty last month to one count of having sex with the underage girl.
According to court documents, he committed the offence "with her consent". A second similar charge was taken into consideration during sentencing.
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Man who had unprotected sex with underage stepdaughter given 3 years' jail
The man picked up the Secondary 4 student from school at around 12.30pm on Jan 25 this year.
Instead of going home, he drove to a multi-storey carpark in Admiralty Drive.
The pair moved to the rear passenger seat and the man had unprotected sex with the teenager.
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Man jailed 3 years for having sex at carpark with his 15-year-old stepdaughter
A 15-year-old girl had asked her stepfather to take her home from school so that she could rest before returning for a co-curricular activity later that day.
However, instead of taking her home, the 41-year-old man drove her to a multi-storey carpark where they had unprotected sex before they were eventually caught by a patrolling police officer on the afternoon of Jan 25 this year.
On Monday (Dec 23), the man was sentenced to three years’ jail. Last month, he pleaded guilty to having sex with a minor. He cannot be named as a gag order has been imposed to protect the Secondary 4 student’s identity. A second charge over a similar incident was taken into consideration in sentencing.
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Father of four gets 44 months’ jail, nine strokes of the cane for repeatedly molesting daughter
The man first molested the girl when she was 12 years old in the family’s master bedroom in 2015. She told her mother about it but when she confronted her husband, he cried and begged for forgiveness.
Despite this confrontation by his wife, the man went on to molest their daughter three more times.
After the second incident on Sept 30, 2016, the girl again told her mother about her father’s actions. She added that she felt “stickiness” on the back of her pants after that and went to change her clothes. The girl also complained to her maternal grandmother, who lived with them in the flat.
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Man jailed 16 months for molesting 14-year-old daughter in her sleep
The court heard that the man began molesting his daughter in January last year. The two shared a bedroom and slept in the same queen-sized bed. It was not stated if the girl’s mother, who was working a night shift then, shared the same bedroom and bed.
He repeated his crime in March that year. The daughter was half-asleep when her father began molesting her. After some time, she turned to her side with her back facing him, hoping he would stop. He paused for a few minutes before continuing his actions.
Unable to endure it any longer, she sat up, pretending she had just been woken up by some movement and did not know what had happened. He similarly pretended nothing had happened, and they both left the bed.
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29 years’ jail for man who sexually abused young daughter for almost 10 years
The court heard that the man began abusing the girl by touching her private parts. This happened in the flat they shared with the girl’s mother and her younger brother. About three years later, in 2009, he began performing sex acts on her on numerous occasions to satisfy a particular sexual fantasy.
In December 2011, the man took his two children to his sister’s flat for a sleepover during Christmas. All of them slept in a guest bedroom there. In the middle of the night, while the girl was asleep, he touched and violated her private parts. She was 11 years old then.
In 2012, he had sex with her without using a condom and then continued to engage in sexual acts with her at least once a month. This continued for several years even after she started to dislike what he was doing to her. He assaulted her less frequently towards the end of 2015, and the last time he had sex with her was in January 2016. She began to realise around then that what her father was doing was wrong, but she was concerned about telling her mother as it could tear her family apart. In May 2017, when she was in her first year of post-secondary education, she finally told a close friend that her father was having sex with her.
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Man jailed for sexually assaulting young daughter over 4 years
The court heard that he started committing the offences when the girl was only eight years old. He was 45 at the time. His wife worked as a sales promoter, often returning home late as she had to work the night shift. The couple’s relationship had grown strained at this point due to financial problems. The victim has an older sister and a younger brother but she was particularly close to her father as she often sought his help for her homework.
On one occasion in 2010, when the girl was in Primary 2, she asked for help for her mathematics homework. He told her to go to his bedroom before closing and locking the door. He then removed his pants and told her to give him oral sex, which she did. After a few minutes, when his six-year-old son knocked on the door, he told her not to say anything to her siblings or mother. He then helped her with her homework after attending to the boy.
Sometime that same year, when she was watching television in the living room, he again told her to go to his bedroom. He got her to lie down on the bed and rubbed himself against her for five to 10 minutes. Again, he told her to keep it a secret. In 2011, he went further and got her to perform a sex act on him in his bedroom, while his other children were sleeping in the living room.
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Man accused of sexual assault claims eight-year-old stepdaughter led him on
The court heard that the accused began living with the victim after marrying her mother in April 2013. The victim’s mother had gained custody of all her four children following her divorce from the victim’s biological father in 2009. Around January 2015, at the time the alleged crimes started, the victim was living in her maternal grandparents’ home along with mother, stepfather, their two children, her biological siblings, a grand-aunt and a maid.
DPP Kavita told the court that the victim, who had been addressing the accused as “abah”, or "father" in the Malay language, slept in the same bedroom as her mother, the accused and her stepsiblings. At first, the stepdad limited himself to just touching the victim’s private parts over her clothes, she said. However, as his “lust for his stepdaughter grew”, so did the audacity of the various sex acts he committed on her up until Oct 14, 2016.
The proescutor added that the man would sometimes commit the acts on his stepdaughter while he lay in bed with her mother. All this while, the victim pretended to be asleep as she was afraid that the accused would get angry with her.
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Father of four convicted of repeatedly molesting daughter
The girl was 12 years old when her father molested her in the family’s master bedroom in 2015 — and she later told her mother three times about what he had done to her. The first time, the mother confronted her husband, who cried and begged her for forgiveness. After the 2015 incident, the grandmother told her daughter — the victim’s mother — that the girl had spent quite some time in the master bedroom with her father, adding that he came out with a “plastic” in his hand and threw it before going to work.
The grandmother also informed her that the girl complained that her buttock cheeks were feeling sore. The mother approached her daughter afterwards, told her she loved her a lot, and asked her to tell the truth. And the girl described the violation in vivid detail. The next day, the mother confronted her husband and he cried, begging for her forgiveness. About a year later, on Sept 30, 2016, the father again molested the girl. This time both were fully clothed.
The girl told her mother about the incident, noting that she felt “stickiness” on the back of her pants after that and went to change her clothes. The girl also complained to her grandmother, who said that the girl had approached her because she could not take it any more that the father had done this to her “very often”. On Oct 10, 2016, the father molested the girl again, this time involving skin-to-skin contact. Again, the girl told her mother about it. The mother reacted by texting the grandmother, who replied that the accused has “no shame”.
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‘Monster’ dad gets 25.5 years’ jail, caning for prostituting wife, sexually abusing daughter and niece
In what the prosecution branded the “most aggravated case of human trafficking in Singapore”, a 27-year-old man was sentenced to 25-and-a-half years’ jail and the maximum 24 strokes of the cane on Tuesday (Feb 19). The unemployed father of two had pleaded guilty in the High Court to prostituting his wife, forcing their six-year-old daughter to perform sexual acts on him and molesting his 13-year-old niece in a hotel room. The man began physically assaulting his wife while they were dating and ramped up his abuse after they got married.
In 2016, after they had been married for four years, he demanded that she provide sexual services to pay for their infant son’s milk powder and other household expenses, imposing a “daily quota of customers”. Between June and late August that year, she ended up servicing 138 customers and earning nearly S$11,000 — money that she handed over to him. Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Eunice Lau noted that this was the first case of its kind, “where someone coerced his own wife to prostitute herself for financial profit”.
The man also forced their young daughter, now nine, to perform sex acts on him. While he suspected he had a sexually transmitted disease, he did not get diagnosed until after his arrest in August 2016. On another occasion, he asked his wife to take her niece, now 16, out of school on the day of her Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) oral exam and lead her to a hotel room. There, he groped the adolescent girl’s private parts and placed a pillow over her face to muffle her screams.
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Teen gets probation for sexual offences against 2 underaged girls
A teenager forcibly placed a 13-year-old girl’s hand on his genitals and later had sex with another girl of the same age after sending her obscene images of himself.
The 17-year-old was sentenced to 21 months’ probation on Thursday (2 January) after earlier pleading guilty to one count of procuring an indecent act from a child and one count of sexually penetrating a minor under the age of 14. Another three charges, which included sending obscene pictures to one of the victims, were taken into consideration for his sentencing.
In addition to his probation term, he will be placed under a curfew, perform 150 hours of community service and undergo psychological intervention to address sexual offending behaviours. His parents will also be required to placed a $5,000 bond to ensure his good behaviour.
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Amid rising child abuse cases, the community needs to step up and be ‘busybodies’
Child abuse victims often do not know who they can turn to for help. (Image: TODAY/Anam Musta'ein)
In recent weeks, Singaporeans have been gripped by a spate of alleged child abuse cases that have led to the loss of innocent young lives.
On Nov 15, a 27-year-old man was charged with murder after he allegedly slammed a nine-month-old baby’s head on the floorboard of a van. The baby had died from his injuries.
In another case, a couple, both 27, are on trial and facing multiple charges of ill-treating and assaulting the child in their one-room rental flat. They are also charged with committing murder with common intention.
In September, another couple was charged with the murder of their two-and-a-half-year-old child. They are accused of killing their daughter at Block 52 Chin Swee Road in March 2014 but the girl’s remains were discovered only recently.
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Undetected abuse of young kids worrying
The news about the trial of the parents accused of abusing and caging their five-year-old child, which eventually led to his death, is shocking.
Separately, there was the case of the two-year-old girl who was allegedly killed by her parents and whose remains were found in a pot in a Chin Swee Road flat - five years after the fact purportedly.
It has been reported that child abuse spiked last year to 1,163 cases (Child abuse cases jumped 30% to record high in 2018, March 17). Of the cases the Ministry of Social and Family Development's (MSF) Child Protective Service investigated last year, just under half involved children under the age of seven. Half involved physical abuse and about one in five cases involved children being sexually abused.
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Child abuse cases jumped 30% to record high in 2018
Sharp rise in physical, sexual abuse cases; ministry stepping up education efforts. PHOTO: THE NEW PAPER
Child abuse cases here jumped to a record high last year, with the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) stepping up public education efforts on child protection and family violence to address this issue.
The ministry investigated 1,163 cases last year, a 30 per cent jump from 894 the previous year. There were also sharp increases in physical and sexual abuse cases.
Of the cases Ministry of Social and Family Development's Child Protective Service investigated last year, just under half involved children under the age of seven.
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Man who allegedly slammed baby's head against van now faces murder charge
The 27-year-old man who allegedly slammed an infant's head against a floorboard in a van is now facing a murder charge for causing the nine-month-old boy's death.
Mohamed Aliff Mohamed Yusoff was originally charged with one count of voluntarily causing grievous hurt. He is the boyfriend of the infant's mother, reported Chinese daily Shin Min Daily News.
Court documents show that the alleged murder took place between 10pm on Nov 7 this year and 12.15am the next day, at the multistorey carpark at Block 840A, Yishun Street 81.
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Man accused of murdering 9-month-old baby at multi-storey car park
A 27-year-old man who was last week charged with grievously hurting a nine-month-old baby boy inside a van at a multi-storey car park in Yishun was on Friday (15 November) accused of killing the infant.
According to his charge, Mohamed Aliff Mohamed Yusoff, a Singaporean, caused the death of Izz Fayyaz Zayani Ahmad sometime between 10pm last Thursday and 12.15am last Friday at the multi-storey car park at Block 840A Yishun Street 81.
No other details of the alleged murder were given. Aliff will continue to be remanded at the Central Police Division with permission to be taken out to assist in investigations. The case will be mentioned in court again next Friday.
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Alleged murder of 5-year-old boy: Mother told police she ‘only wanted him to learn his lesson’
When told that she and her husband would be charged with the murder of their five-year-old son, Azlin Arujunah said she had only beaten and poured hot water on the child to discipline him, and did not think that he would die from the assault.
The then-24-year-old had also told police officers that she had only gotten rough with the boy as he had given her “attitude”, the court heard on Thursday (Nov 14) when two officers, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Kelvin Kwok Charn Hong and Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Agnes Leong Wee Tiang, took the stand.
Azlin and her husband Ridzuan Mega Abdul Rahman, both now 27, are on trial for the alleged murder of their son, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his surviving siblings.
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Pictured: Cat cage 5-year-old boy 'was kept in' by parents before his death
The 5-year-old boy died after being scalded with water, beaten and tortured
A photo of the cat cage a 5-year-old boy was allegedly kept in by his parents has been shown in court in Singapore, where the couple are on trial for his murder.
Azlin Arujunah and Ridzuan Mega Abdul Rahman are accused of pouring boiling water over their son three years ago.
The trial began on Tuesday and the court heard how the boy was kept in a cat cage, and tortured with pliers and heated spoons for months.
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Woman accused of murdering 5-year-old son: 'How can I kill a child? Look at my small body'
"How am I able to kill a child? Just look at my small body," Azlin Arujunah said in a statement that was read out in court on Thursday (Nov 14) in her ongoing trial for scalding the boy to death.
In another statement, she said: "I do not have the intention to pour the hot water on him if he did not show any attitude towards me".
Azlin and her husband, Ridzuan Mega Abdul Rahman, both 27, are being tried for murder by common intention for inflicting severe scald injuries on the boy.
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Parents on trial for son's murder: Mother poured hot water on 5-year-old due to his ‘attitude’
She told police she had only beaten her son to discipline him and had no intention of killing him
In one of the statements read out in court yesterday in her ongoing trial for allegedly scalding the five-year-old to death, Azlin Arujunah said: "How am I able to kill a child? Just look at my small body."
She added: "If I had the intention of killing him, I would have killed my other children as well. But all my other children are safe and I do not beat them."
She added that as a mother, she would not have the heart to kill her own child.
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5-year-old was "running for his life" when parents splashed hot water on him: Forensic pathologist
Dr Chan Shijia, who had examined the cage measuring 91cm long, 58cm wide and 70cm tall, said it was possible for someone who was confined inside to get scratched by the metallic bars while moving about.
She was testifying on the second day of the trial of Azlin Arujunah and Ridzuan Mega Abdul Rahman, both 27, who are charged with murder with common intention to inflict severe scald injuries on their son.
They each also face other charges relating to abusive acts, including pinching him with a pair of pliers, hitting him with a broom and confining him in a pet cage. In her autopsy report, Dr Chan wrote that she found that the boy had died due to severe scald injury.
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Parents on trial for pouring scalding water on 5-year-old son until he died
A young couple stood trial on Tuesday (Nov 12) for killing their five-year-old son three years ago, with the prosecution painting a picture of "horrific" child abuse.
Before dying from severe scald injuries and blunt force trauma to the head, the boy had been pinched with pliers, burned with a heated spoon and confined in a cage meant for a cat, said the prosecution.
His 27-year-old parents, Azlin Arujunah and Ridzuan Mega Abdul Rahman, have several other children and lived with some of them in a one-room rental flat, the court heard.
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Chin Swee Road death: Couple charged with murdering their 2-year-old daughter in 2014
A couple was on Tuesday (Sep 17) charged with murdering their two-and-a-half-year-old daughter in March 2014.
The 31-year-old man and 30-year-old woman, who cannot be named due to a gag order, are accused of killing their child at an eighth-storey flat in Block 52 Chin Swee Road. The girl's remains were only discovered last Tuesday.
The parents have been remanded since June 2018 for other unrelated offences.
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Teen told 12-year-old sister to perform sexual act, promising to give her K-pop group merchandise in return
An 18-year-old youth was at home with his younger sister in April this year when he repeatedly asked her to sexually stimulate him, promising to buy her merchandise of Korean pop group BTS in return.
The 12-year-old girl rejected his requests and told the police later that month.
The offender, who cannot be named owing to a court order to protect the girl's identity, also molested her on two separate occasions.
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Teenager admits to molesting 12-year-old sister repeatedly, asking for indecent act
An 18-year-old admitted in court on Tuesday (Dec 3) to repeatedly molesting his 12-year-old sister and asking her to perform a sex act in return for K-pop merchandise.
The teenager cannot be named as it will identify his sister, who is protected by gag order.
The court heard that the incidents began with molestation in January this year and escalated when the teenager asked his sister to masturbate him in April.
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Teen told 12-year-old sister to sexually stimulate him, promising to give her BTS merchandise in return
An 18-year-old youth was at home with his younger sister in April this year when he repeatedly asked her to sexually stimulate him, promising to buy her merchandise of Korean pop group BTS in return.
The 12-year-old girl rejected his requests and told the police later that month. The offender, who cannot be named owing to a court order to protect the girl's identity, also molested her on two separate occasions.
He pleaded guilty on Tuesday (Dec 3) to asking his sister to perform an obscene act on him. He also admitted to two counts of outraging her modesty in January and February this year.
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Teen offered sister BTS merchandise to perform sex act on him
The teenager wanted his younger sister to perform a sex act on him and offered her merchandise from Korean boy band BTS in return.
Yesterday, the 18-year-old, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his then 12-year-old sister, was convicted of two charges of molesting his underage sister and one charge of sexual exploitation of a child.
The court heard that the youth first molested his sister sometime in January. That evening, the girl had gone to his room to ask about homework matters when he suddenly molested her for about five seconds with a rubbing motion over her shorts on his bed.
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Teen molested sister, offered BTS merchandise in return for sexual favour
He molested his then 12-year-old sister twice in two months and even asked her to masturbate him on one occasion in exchange for Korean pop group BTS merchandise.
At the State Courts on Tuesday (3 December), the 18-year-old pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated molest and one count of attempting to procure an indecent act with his sister, who is now 13.
A charge of using criminal force on her, by hugging her from behind, will be taken into consideration for sentencing.
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'I will dig out your eye balls', says girl, 18, who assaulted younger colleague
An 18-year-old girl carried out separate vicious assaults on two teenage girls just hours apart.
In the first incident, Joyce Goh Kok Tin forced a girl to bow with her forehead to the ground. Later, she led a group attack on a colleague that she did not like, luring the victim into an assault. She burnt the 15-year-old girl’s neck with a cigarette while her friends sat on the victim and laughed.
Joyce then told the girl, “I will dig out your eye balls and put them in your bare hands. Then I’ll cut your nose off and dig out your intestine with my hands down your throat and any other organs I can grab. Then I’ll pluck off your nails one by one and skin you alive.”
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‘I will dig out your eyeballs’: Teen girl admits to separately assaulting two girls in one night
In the wee hours of Dec 17 last year, Joyce Goh Kok Tin and several friends beat a girl up over relationship issues, punching her in the face and lips.
Goh also forced the teenaged victim to “kowtow” to a 22-year-old man, because the other girl had chosen to date someone else instead of him. Barely four hours later, Goh crashed a birthday party at a condominium in East Coast area and assaulted her co-worker, who she felt was slow and lazy.
She told the 15-year-old girl: “I will dig out your eyeballs and put them in your bare hands. Then I’ll cut your nose off and dig out your intestine with my hands down your throat and any other organs I can grab. Then I’ll pluck off your nails one by one and skin you alive.”
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Teenage girl forces love rival to kowtow, leaves another with broken nose in separate attacks
Bearing a grudge against a girl for dating her ex-boyfriend, a teenager forced the victim to kowtow and punched her on the lips.
In a separate attack just hours later, she instigated a group of people to attack a 15-year-old girl at her friend's birthday party, leaving the victim with a broken nose.
Joyce Goh Kok Tin, 18, pleaded guilty on Tuesday (Dec 3) to one charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt by common intention and another of rioting.
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Repeat offender admits having sex with 13-year-old girl
He was given probation in 2014 and sentenced to reformative training a year later for having underage sex.
But this did not deter the Singapore permanent resident, Rojas Gil Dominic Barbosa, from having sex with a minor again last year. He even told the 13-year-old student to keep mum because of his previous conviction.
Rojas, who was 22 and unemployed then, pleaded guilty yesterday to having sex with a girl under 14. She cannot be named because of a gag order to protect her identity. Rojas, a Filipino, got to know the girl through the live streaming app Bigo Live on March 25, 2018, the court heard. She told him she was 13 and in secondary school.
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Man admits to sexually exploiting 15-year-old girl after contacting her on Carousell with job offer
A 20-year-old man admitted on Tuesday (Nov 19) to sexually exploiting a 15-year-old girl whom he had contacted through the digital platform Carousell under the guise of offering her a job.
Iqmal Haziq Othman pleaded guilty to three charges under the Children and Young Persons Act, with another two charges taken into consideration for sentencing. The victim cannot be named due to a gag order.
Sometime in November 2018, the victim, now 16, made a post on marketplace platform Carousell, looking for a part-time job.
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Woman, 41, and child, 5, found dead at restricted area near Bukit Batok Nature Park
A 41-year-old woman and a five-year-old boy were found dead at a restricted area close to Bukit Batok Nature Park on Thursday (14 November) morning.
Police said they were alerted to the incident at Lorong Sesuai at 6.42am. The child was found lying motionless inside a car while the woman’s body was found nearby.
Both were pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. According to a Shin Min Daily News report, the deceased are Japanese nationals and the woman is the child’s mother.
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Teenager who molested 12-yr-old girl at staircase landing gets 18 mths' probation
Pretending that he needed help for a photography competition, Lester Ong Pei Cong lured a 12-year-old girl to a staircase landing, where he molested her.
The 18-year-old, who is now a full-time national serviceman, was sentenced to 18 months' supervised probation on Thursday (June 13).
Under the conditions of the supervised probation, Ong must remain indoors from 10pm to 6am, and perform 120 hours of community service.
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Man jailed 12 weeks for filming landlord's 10-year-old niece in the shower
Emboldened after he filmed his landlord's maid in the shower, a 25-year-old tenant went on to film the landlord's 10-year-old niece showering.
But the girl happened to look up while shampooing her hair, and she saw the voyeur's mobile phone. She later told her uncle, who called the police.
Malaysian chef Chu Vui Kian was sentenced to 12 weeks' jail on Wednesday (Oct 30) after he pleaded guilty to insulting the modesty of the girl, who cannot be named to protect her identity.
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Man arrested for allegedly molesting 13-year-old girl on MRT train
A 44-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly molesting a 13-year-old girl on an MRT train, the police said on Wednesday (Oct 2).
The police said they received a report last Thursday at 6.50pm that the girl had been molested by a man she did not know while on a train travelling from Bukit Gombak MRT station. The man left after the incident.
With the aid of closed-circuit television images, officers from the Jurong Police Division established the identity of the man and arrested him on Tuesday.
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Singapore sees rising trend of child abuse cases in recent years
Singapore has seen a growing number of child abuse cases in recent years. In 2017, the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) investigated 894 cases of child abuse, up from 873 cases in 2016, and 551 the year before.
TODAY reported that Big Love, a programme under voluntary welfare organisation Montfort Care which started in 2013, handled 367 such cases between April 2017 and March 2018, up from 252 during the same period last year, and 177 the year before.
Child abuse is defined as any act by a parent or guardian which would endanger or impair the child’s physical or emotional well-being. It includes physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional and psychological abuse and neglect.
related: Child abuse cases rise in 2010
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Child abuse cases on the rise in S’pore, VWOs and authorities work to raise awareness
Fed up with his young son Weijie’s (not his real name) antics in school, & stressed out from his job as a salesman, the father began abusing him.
He would hit & kick him, and make derogatory remarks about the 9-yr-old, causing the child to melt down frequently. This led to Weijie’s grandfather filing a Personal Protection Order against him.
4 years on, the family is doing much better now. Weijie moved into a therapeutic group home for 2 years to receive therapy and counselling in a safe environment, after which Big Love Child Protection Specialist Centre counselled the father on how to improve his attitude & behaviour towards his son.
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Spike in child abuse cases recorded in Singapore in recent years
A spike in cases involving child abuse has been recorded in recent years, with the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) observing an increase of 21 cases, from 873 in 2016 to 894 in 2017. An even more marked increase of 322 was recorded previously, from 551 in 2015 to 873 in 2016.
Big Love, an initiative by welfare body Montfort Care set up in 2013, received 367 of such cases between Apr last year and Mar this year. The recorded figure shows an increase from the recorded 252 cases during the same period in 2017, and 177 in 2016, according to TODAY. Director Serene Tan posited that the spike might have resulted from more people coming forward to report cases of child abuse, and also the increasing number of professionals who have been equipped with the skills to recognise if a child has been abused.
A research project next year will be launched by MSF in 2019 to investigate possible reasons for the increase in child abuse cases, and, based on its findings, the Ministry will subsequently work on starting initiatives to remedy the roots of child abuse.
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Child abuse cases hit 8-year high, with spike in sexual abuse
The Ministry of Social & Family Development has investigated an increasing number of child abuse cases between 2015 & 2017, with the most significant increase involving sexual abuse.
In February 2018, a man was sentenced to 34 yrs' jail and the maximum 24 strokes of the cane for sexually abusing his lover's daughter.
The abuse started in 2010, when the girl was about 7 years old, and continued almost daily for the next 7 years.
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As child abuse reports rise, Singapore agencies shore up protection efforts
She was pregnant with his child when he first hit her for “talking back” to him. After that, Cindy's husband kicked her, yanked her hair & slapped her till her glasses broke, but she chose to ride it out.
Then he started caning & smacking their kids to the point of bruising and still, she rode it out.
But when he slapped their third son - who has an intellectual disability - more than 10 times across the face, Cindy (not her real name) finally felt fear for her safety and that of her five children.
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Centre reports rise in child abuse cases within family
Posed photo showing a child covering his ears while looking down
Child abuse is often not just about physical violence, it can also include emotional abuse, sexual abuse and neglect.
Child abuse in families is on the rise in Singapore, said Big Love Child Protection Specialist Centre, and the proposed changes to the law to mete out tougher penalties to child abusers is just one of the ways to tackle the growing number of cases.
The centre has seen the overall numbers of abuse by a family member climb to 367 cases between April 2017 and March 2018, up from 252 cases in the April 2016 to March 2017 period, and 177 cases in the same period.
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Spike in child abuse
When a child is abused by a stranger, family members are quick to report the crime.
Not so when the abuser is a family member, said social workers.
People have to be trained to spot signs of children being ill-treated by family members, including physical and sexual abuse, and neglect. Over the past 2 years, more people have been trained to better detect abuse cases, which has led to a spike in the number of cases investigated.
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Nearly 40% of children in abuse cases under age seven
Nearly 40% of child abuse cases investigated by the Ministry of Social & Family Development (MSF) in the past 3 years involved victims younger than 7, The Straits Times has learnt.
Yet, pre-schools have been found to be inadequate in spotting signs of child abuse, said experts, who called for regular standardised training for the teachers, which is currently not available.
This is important as many child abusers are immediate family members & pre-school educators become an important line of defence for the children, they said.
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No cover-ups in allegations of child abuse cases in Singapore’s Catholic Church
In light of recent reports of the cover-up of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania, Archbishop of Singapore, Most Reverend William Goh, said on Saturday (Sept 1) that they are "a wake-up call for us, as the Catholic Church in Singapore has not been spared allegations of child abuse", and that a handful of cases were brought to their attention.
Rev Goh also assured that there have been no cover-ups in Singapore's archdiocese, and that guidelines have been put in place to reduce the risk of such abuses, said the Archbishop in a pastoral letter on Saturday addressed to the Church.
He added that the cases were judged to be inconclusive by the Professional Standards Office (PSO), and confirmed by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome.
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Signs of Child Molestation
Sexual molestation is the indecent behavior of a dominant, older individual who coerces a child into sexual activity. Today, more than three million American children are victims of sexual abuse, and approximately 300,000 children are molested every year.
Molestation can manifest itself in many forms. The scope of behaviors that a perpetrator can exhibit is great, and includes sensual kissing, inappropriate touching or fondling of the child’s genitals, breast or buttock, masturbation of a child, oral-genital contact, genital-genital contact, penetration with fingers and child prostitution. Sexual abuse accounts for 9.2% of all types of child abuse, following neglect, physical abuse and other undefined types of maltreatment.
The Complete Guide to Signs of Child Molestation:
- The Victims
- The Perpetrators
- Warning Signs of Child Molestation
- Long-term Effects and Lasting Impacts
- Preventing Molestation
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Former teacher jailed 8 years for sexual relationship with 15-year-old student, impregnating her
A former physics teacher who impregnated his former secondary school student after they entered into a sexual relationship when she was 15 years old was sentenced to eight years’ jail on Friday (30 August).
The girl, who is now 19 years old, decided to keep the child. The baby is about two years old and under her care. Both the man and the girl cannot be named to protect her identity.
The prosecution sought eight years’ jail for the 41-year-old man, who was found guilty in July of sexual penetration of a minor. After a trial, he was convicted of 19 counts of sexual penetration of a person under 16 years old, which occurred on 10 occasions between August and September 2015 at his house.
Teacher who fathered child with former student found guilty of underage sex
An adjunct teacher who impregnated his former student was on Wednesday (31 July) found guilty of 19 charges of sexual penetration of a minor after a trial.
The student, now 19 and studying in a polytechnic, gave birth to their child two years ago. The 41-year-old man is out on $25,000 bail and set to be sentenced on 29 August. He faces up to 10 years’ jail and a fine for each of his 19 charges.
During the trial earlier this year, he claimed that their sexual relationship began only after the student turned 16.
related: Teacher accused of having sex with underage student claims victim was 16
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Former physics teacher who got teenage student pregnant found guilty of sex with minor
A former secondary school teacher, who developed a romantic relationship with his 15-year-old student and impregnated her, was found guilty of sexual penetration of a minor on Wednesday (July 31).
The 41-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the girl's identity, was convicted of 19 counts of sexual penetration which occurred on 10 occasions in August and September 2015 at his house.
The man had taught the teenage girl science and physics for all four years of her secondary school education from 2012 to 2015.
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Ex-sec school teacher fathered child with 15-year-old student, found guilty of sex acts with her
Not long after a former secondary school teacher began giving private Physics lessons to his 15-year-old student, he started inviting her to his home outside of tuition.
They began a romantic relationship in 2015, which soon evolved into a physically intimate one. They had sex on 10 separate occasions over a span of one-and-a-half months, though she did not consider them “real full sex”, and thought she was still a virgin.
But that changed in November 2016. A month had passed after their breakup when she discovered she was pregnant with his child.
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Former physics teacher who impregnated teenage student found guilty of sex with minor
A former secondary school teacher was found guilty on Wednesday (Jul 31) of 19 counts of sexual penetration of a minor.
He had sex with a 15-year-old student he was in a romantic relationship with and got her pregnant with a child who is now two years old, the court heard.
The 41-year-old man cannot be named due to a gag order preventing the publication of any information that would reveal the identity of the victim.
related: Former school teacher claims trial to having sex with underage student
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School VP who performed sex acts on minor jailed 10 years
A primary school vice-principal, who started performing sexual acts on a male pupil when the boy was just 14 years old, was sentenced yesterday to 10 years' jail.
In sentencing him, District Judge Chay Yuen Fatt noted that the case involved "serious sexual offences" and that the offender had shown "gross abuse of authority".
Judge Chay convicted the now 57-year-old man in August after a trial. He had found the offender guilty of three counts of sexually exploiting a minor and five counts of carnal intercourse.
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Primary school V-P who sexually exploited boy gets 10 years' jail
A primary school vice-principal, who started performing sexual acts on a male pupil when the boy was just 14 years old, was sentenced yesterday to 10 years' jail.
In sentencing him, District Judge Chay Yuen Fatt noted that the case involved "serious sexual offences" and that the offender had shown "gross abuse of authority".
Judge Chay convicted the now 57-year-old man in August after a trial. He had found the offender guilty of three counts of sexually exploiting a minor and five counts of carnal intercourse. The man, who has been suspended from duty, cannot be named due to a gag order to protect the victim's identity.
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Former vice-principal found guilty of sexually violating student from when he was 14
A former primary school vice-principal who sexually groomed a student for years from when he was 14, eventually taking him into his own home, was found guilty on Tuesday (Aug 27).
The man, who is now 57, had claimed trial to three charges of sexual exploitation of a young person and five charges under Section 377 of the Penal Code for carnal intercourse against the order of nature.
At the time of the offences in 2005 and 2006, the law regarded the act of fellatio as unnatural carnal intercourse within Section 377 - with the only exception being fellatio as a stimulant for consensual intercourse between a man and a woman.
Ex-primary school vice-principal who became student’s guardian found guilty of sex acts with him
For more than a decade, the vice-principal of a primary school took advantage of his teenage student, who looked up to him as a mentor.
In 2003, when the man was 41 years old, he began abusing the 14-year-old Chinese national by performing a sex act on him in the school’s gym. This went on when the boy began taking English tuition lessons in the man’s Woodlands home.
The man convinced him that it was “normal and healthy” for males to masturbate each other to release their sexual desires and urges, then performed more sex acts on him.
Man jailed 22 months for sex with 14-year-old student, who asked him to be her ‘sugar daddy’
He began chatting with a girl on the messaging application Telegram in 2017 and found out she was a Secondary 2 student.
During their conversations, the 14-year-old asked Muhammad Asraf Mustaffa, who was aged 25 and an insurance agent at the time, if he could be her “sugar daddy”. She also told him she was not a virgin.
Having no sexual experience himself, he got curious. The pair ended up having consensual sex in several toilets for the handicapped, including at the Junction 8 and Velocity malls.
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Man, 59, jailed 23 years for sexually abusing good friend’s young daughters
A 59-year-old unemployed man who sexually assaulted his long-time friend’s two young daughters over four years was sentenced to 23 years’ jail in the High Court on Wednesday (Aug 14).
This included one year of imprisonment in lieu of the maximum 24 strokes of the cane, as offenders above 50 years old cannot be caned by law.
Justice Pang Khang Chau noted that the sentence was “not crushing” as the man would be released when he is about 72 years old, if he gets remission for good behaviour. He has been remanded since June 2017.
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Probation for 20-year-old volunteer who molested boy in church toilet
The boy called him “gor gor”, or older brother in Cantonese, but he abused that trust by molesting the 10-year-old in a church toilet last year.
On Monday (May 13), the man — now 20 years old and a full-time national serviceman — was sentenced to 18 months’ probation and ordered to get psychological treatment to address his sexual offending behaviour. He also has to perform 130 hours of community service.
He and the church cannot be identified to protect his victim’s identity.
65-year-old man rapes 2 young girls: How can we protect our babies?
A recent, highly disturbing case of child rape emphasises the fact that predators come in all shapes and size and ages. The predator was only caught because one of the victims, a four-year-old girl, had told her father she was being molested after complaining about pain. In this article, we discuss the signs of a child being molested and how to identify other adults who could be potential predators.
Rapists Aren’t Defined by Age - Recently, police officers in South Jakarta arrested a 65-year-old man known by the initials “AS”. His crime is something that would devastate any parent: the rape of two precious young girls. The crime came to light recently when a four-year-old girl grumbled to her dad about experiencing bodily discomfort.
How Can You Tell if Someone Is Targeting Your Child:
- Favouring a child, or being overly affectionate towards a child
- Insisting on physical affection
- Ever ready to babysit
- Creating opportunities to be alone
- Disregard for privacy and personal space
- Speaking on behalf of the child
Man admits to committing sexual-related offences involving 5 underage girls
A man admitted on Wednesday (31 July) to preying on five teenage girls for an array of sexual offences.
At the time, A R Arun Prashanth was 22 years old and serving his national service with the Singapore Police Force.
After befriending his victims, aged 12 to 15, Arun would pester some of them for obscene images and to meet up for sex.
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Man jailed for molesting 6 girls in pool at Hougang Swimming Complex
When he noticed a group of boys and girls enter the swimming pool at Hougang Swimming Complex, he felt the urge to touch them.
Job Mathew Panakkal then molested six of the girls, aged between 10 and 13, within the space of about 15 minutes as he swam past them.
On Wednesday (July 3), the Indian national, 37, was sentenced to 20 weeks behind bars after pleading guilty to three charges of using criminal force to molest a minor. 4 other identical charges were taken into consideration for sentencing.
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Man, 70, jailed for molesting seven girls in under an hour
An elderly man went on a molesting spree at Clementi Bus Interchange earlier this year, groping seven girls in less than an hour. He also molested three other victims on separate occasions with the youngest being 11 and the oldest, 22.
Yeo Kin Choon, 70, was yesterday jailed for 28 months on four counts of outrage of modesty, with another six similar charges taken into consideration. Court documents showed Yeo's spree began at about 1pm on March 15 at Clementi Bus Interchange and ending at around 1.55pm:
- At about 1pm, the first victim, a 12-year-old girl was walking with a classmate to the interchange from The Clementi Mall. Yeo, who was walking behind them, suddenly reached out and groped her.
- After that, he molested three more girls before groping another 12-year-old girl at about 1.45pm.
- He molested two other 12-year-old girls after her.
- Earlier that week, he molested a 13-year-old girl at Sembawang Bus Interchange and a 14-year-old girl at North Bridge Road Market.
Nurse molested 6 girls in 2 weeks; he stuck masking tape on fingers to avoid detection
After sticking strips of masking tape onto his fingers to avoid detection, a hospital nurse ambushed 6 girls on overhead bridges and molested them, striking 3 times in about an hour on one occasion.
On some occasions, 39-yr-old Aldrin Illias also took along an extra set of clothes and a pair of spectacles, which he used after committing the offences to make it more difficult for his victims to recognise him.
For his offences, Aldrin was sentenced to 3 years' jail and 10 strokes of the cane on Friday (April 6).
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Retired man jailed for molesting landlady's 8-yr-old granddaughter
A retired man who accepted a friend's offer to rent a room in her Hougang flat ended up molesting the woman's 8-year-old granddaughter.
The 68-year-old man was jailed for a year and eight months on Thursday (Aug 2) after pleading guilty to one count of outraging the child's modesty.
A second molestation charge involving the same girl was considered during sentencing.
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NSF gets 18 months’ probation for molesting 12-year-old girl
A 12-year-old girl was on her way home from school when she was approached by a teenage boy who asked if she wanted to be his photography model. She agreed, but ended up getting molested by the 18-year-old instead.
Lester Ong, a full-time national serviceman (NSF), was placed on 18 months’ supervised probation by the State Court on Thursday (June 13), after he had pleaded guilty to molesting the girl in March this year.
During his probation, Ong must remain indoors between 10pm and 6am, except if it is to fulfil national service obligations. He has also been ordered to serve 120 hours of community service as well as attend psycho-education sessions on healthy sexuality and responsible sexual conduct.
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Teenager who molested 12-year-old girl at staircase landing gets 18 months' probation
Pretending that he needed help for a photography competition, Lester Ong Pei Cong lured a 12-year-old girl to a staircase landing, where he molested her.
The 18-year-old, who is now a full-time national serviceman, was sentenced to 18 months' supervised probation on Thursday (June 13).
Under the conditions of the supervised probation, Ong must remain indoors from 10pm to 6am, and perform 120 hours of community service.
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Repeat offender who molested 12-year-old girl at bus interchange jailed
A 25-year-old man who molested a 12-year-old girl at a bus interchange in April this year was sentenced to jail for 13 months on Thursday (Jul 26).
Teo Yan Kang, a Singapore permanent resident from Malaysia, also tried to molest two other women aged 30 and 23 in April and May.
Teo, who was working as a McDonald's crew member at the time, molested the 12-year-old secondary school student at Jurong East Temporary Bus Interchange at around 3pm on Apr 16.
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Repeat offender who molested 12-year-old girl at bus interchange jailed
A teenager asked a 12-year-old girl to be his model for a photography competition and lured her to a staircase landing before molesting her.
Lester Ong Pei Cong, 18, pleaded guilty in court on Friday (March 29) to outraging the girl's modesty on July 12 last year.
She was on her way home from school at around 3.15pm and was walking past a lift lobby of a Bukit Panjang block of flats when Ong approached her.
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Teen who molested 12-year-old girl using modelling ruse gets probation
He asked a 12-year-old girl to be his model for a photography competition but it was just a ruse for him to molest her at a staircase landing.
On Thursday (13 June), Lester Ong Pei Cong, 18, was sentenced to 18 months’ probation on one count of molest of a person under the age of 14.
Ong, who is currently serving his national service, had earlier pleaded guilty to the charge. His victim cannot be named due to a gag order.
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Man jailed for molesting 12-year-old boy in lift
When a 12-year-old boy was molested in a lift the first time, he, out of fear, did not tell his parents.
But when he was molested again the next day by the same man, he mustered up the courage and told his mother about the incidents.
On Tuesday (Oct 3), Syed Hashim Wahid, 29, was jailed for eight months after he admitted to touching the victim in a lift at a block of flats in Woodlands on May 24, 2016. A second similar charge was considered during his sentencing.
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Student care centre guardian in Singapore convicted of sexually abusing young boys!
They called him "Uncle"; he would help the boys with their homework.
He even took them to church, and bought them ice pops and sweets. In return, this "kind and patient" uncle molested them.
Sexual abuse over 2 years - According to Channel NewsAsia, the crimes committed by this "guardian" at a primary school student care centre in Singapore came out in the open, when he was caught slipping his hand under the table to touch a 10-year-old boy’s penis.
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Man jailed for molesting his daughter, claims he had pornography addiction
A 52-year-old man who molested his daughter while she was half-asleep was sentenced to jail for a year and four months on Tuesday (May 21).
The man, who cannot be named in order to protect the identity of his daughter, has been addicted to pornography for 20 to 30 years, his defence lawyer said.
The man pleaded guilty to one charge of using criminal force to outrage the modesty of the 14-year-old girl, with a second similar charge taken into consideration.
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Construction worker molested boy, 11, in MRT train while father was nearby
A construction worker molested an 11-year-old boy in an MRT train while the child's father was standing nearby.
For committing the offence, Faruk Abdulla Al, 27, who is from Bangladesh, was sentenced on Friday (March 8) to 15 weeks' jail.
District Judge Ng Cheng Thiam convicted him of a molestation charge last month after a two-day trial.
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Little boy molested during sleepover in Singapore by friend's father
What was meant to be a fun night, and time for bonding with friends, turned out to be a painful experience for a little boy, when he got molested during sleepover in Singapore.
The world seems to be getting more perverted than over, and we dread to imagine what the future holds for our little ones. We can't help but think, in this age of vice, is it wise to let our kids go for sleepovers?
Little boy molested during sleepover in Singapore - According to Channel NewsAsia, a 9-year-old boy was molested by his friend's father during a sleepover.
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Youth admits to molesting girl, 5, while out on bail for molesting 11-year-old boy
He had already been hauled to court for molesting a primary school boy at a lift lobby.
But while out on bail for his first offence, Low Wei Hao Jeremy proceeded to molest a 5-year-old girl.
Low, 20, pleaded guilty on Monday (Aug 6) to two charges of using criminal force to molest the two minors. Another charge of committing an obscene act with the girl will be taken into consideration when he is sentenced next Monday.
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Singapore school girl sexually assaulted by man at bus stop
It was around 2:30 pm that day, and the 9-year-old girl was at a bus stop at Rivervale Crescent in Sengkang, waiting to go home after school. She was in her school physical education attire. A man approached her, and what followed next continues to torment her.
Singapore school girl sexually assaulted - According to Today, the man proceeded to compliment the girl, saying she was cute. Shockingly, 51-year-old Neo Beng Yeow then proceeded to touch her hair, before forcefully grabbing her and kissing her on the lips.
The poor little girl tried to break free from his grip, but the pervert was just too strong for her. He managed to kiss her again and groped other parts of her body, including her buttocks.
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Man jailed for molesting girlfriend's 11-year-old daughter
The court heard that the man was the long-term boyfriend of the child's mother.
He was left alone with the girl in their flat in western Singapore as the girl's mother and 15-year-old brother had gone out to run errands. At about 4.20pm on Apr 12 last year, the man kissed the 11-year-old girl while resting his arm on her chest, before proceeding to molest her over her clothes.
Although the child felt frightened and wanted to tell the man "no" or ask him to stop, she could not say a word as he was kissing her, Deputy Public Prosecutor Sruthi Boppana said.
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Former school teacher jailed for molesting his 11-year-old pupil
A former school teacher was sentenced to 15 months' jail yesterday for molesting an 11-year-old student during his first and only lesson with her.
The man, 67, was working at the school as a part-time English teacher. He cannot be named to protect the victim's identity. The victim had been sent to Singapore to study at the private school at the Primary 5 level.
Her lessons would end at around noon for the morning session, and the afternoon session would end at around 5pm.
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Jail for man who molested girlfriend’s 11-year-old daughter
Left alone with his long-time girlfriend’s 11-year-old daughter, a man kissed the young girl on the lips and touched her private parts.
On Tuesday (Jan 8), the 56-year-old man was jailed a year and eight months, after he pleaded guilty last month to one molestation charge. Another similar charge was taken into consideration for sentencing.
Investigations revealed that the man, who cannot be named due to a gag order to protect the victim’s identity, felt that his girlfriend had tempted him by leaving him alone at home with her daughter.
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Student care volunteer who molested 10-year-old boy in church toilet gets probation
A student care volunteer who molested a 10-year-old boy in a church toilet was given 18 months' probation on Monday (May 13).
The 20-year-old offender also has to perform 130 hours of community service and undergo psychological treatment for his sexual offending behaviour.
Both the offender and the church cannot be named in order to protect the identity of the victim.
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Man jailed 16 months for molesting 14-year-old daughter in her sleep
While his 14-year-old daughter lay asleep next to him, he sexually violated her by touching her private parts.
Even after she turned away out of fear and discomfort, he escalated his acts, pulling down her pants and rubbing himself against her.
The girl kept silent as she feared her mother would not believe her. It was only when her teacher observed a change in her behaviour that she told her school counsellor what had happened.
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14-year-old girl allegedly molested on bus in Yishun, man arrested
A man has been arrested for allegedly molesting a girl on board a bus, said the police in a statement on Tuesday (May 14).
Police said they were alerted to the case on board a bus along Yishun Avenue 5 last Wednesday at about 8.20pm.
The victim was a 14-year-old girl.
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Student who molested 14-year-old female classmate in school toilet given 21 months' probation
A teenager convinced his 14-year-old classmate to skip lessons, then lured her into a toilet and molested her.
The offender, who is now 16, also grabbed the girl's wrist and forced her to sexually stimulate him.
He was sentenced to a year and nine months' probation on Tuesday (April 23), after pleading guilty in February to one count each of molestation and sexually exploiting a minor.
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Man jailed 16 months for molesting daughter, 14
His teenage daughter would sleep in the same bed as him and did so even after he had molested her two months earlier.
But the 52-year-old exploited that trust and molested her again when his wife, a nurse, was working the night shift.
The man, who cannot be named to protect his daughter's identity, was yesterday jailed for a year and four months after pleading guilty to using criminal force to outrage the modesty of the then 14-year-old. A second similar charge was taken into consideration.
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Dad jailed 16 months for molesting teenage daughter
After being molested by her father while in bed, a 14-year-old girl was left feeling so "disturbed and embarrassed" that she did not dare tell anyone about it.
It was only when her teacher referred her to a school counsellor that her ordeal came to light, and the 52-year-old father was arrested.
On Tuesday (May 21) the man, who cannot be named due to a gag order to protect his daughter's identity, was jailed for 16 months after pleading guilty to one count of outraging his daughter's modesty.
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Mathematics tuition teacher pleads guilty to molesting 15-year-old student
A tuition teacher on Monday (Jun 17) admitted to molesting a 15-year-old girl who attended his mathematics classes.
The 48-year-old Indonesian, who is also a Singapore permanent resident, cannot be named due to a court order.
The court heard that the divorced man taught secondary school students in group classes that were conducted thrice a week at his home.
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Private tutor admits to molesting student, 15, several times in his home
On the pretext of helping a 15-year-old girl complete her homework, a mathematics tuition teacher asked his student to stay behind after class on at least five occasions.
After everyone else had left, the private tutor would then molest the girl in a room in his home, where he held the classes. Initially, she kept quiet out of fear, but eventually confided in a male friend, who told the girl’s school what had happened.
The school told her mother, who then took her to the police to make a police report.
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Man molests young girl on Universal Studios ride in Singapore
Did he just stroke her thigh? Maybe accidentally, she thought. The ride was after all going super fast; it was but natural to swing a bit to the side. But then she felt it again...and again, on different parts of her body.
Fun day turns bad - According to Yahoo News Singapore, the 12-year-old Singapore girl had gone to Universal Studios with friends. She boarded the "Revenge of the Mummy" ride with 2 of her friends. An Indian national ended up sitting next to her, on the right.
The Revenge of the Mummy ride is an indoor rollercoaster and operates in dimly lit conditions. At the beginning of the ride, the vehicle moves slowly and stops briefly, before reversing at high speed. It was at this point that the girl felt the man stroking her right thigh. She tried to ignore his advances, but by the end of the ride, the poor girl was quite traumatised. She had been touched inappropriately five times, including on the breast.
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Ex-teacher found guilty of molesting 2 young girls at learning centre in Singapore!
She was 7 then, and a student at an Orchard Road enrichment centre. During lessons, her teacher would sit next to her and, from beneath the table where no one could see, slip his hand under her clothes. This happened on many occasions.
She was nervous and scared but dared not tell anyone lest her teacher scold her. Every Sunday, from 2:30-4:00 pm, she would attend classes at an Orchard Road enrichment centre, conducted by Ian Lewis, a reading specialist teacher.
Each class had about four to six students and yet, Lewis, a British man, was able to get his way with the girl. It took an episode of Crime Watch (which had a tutor behaving indecently with a student) for the girl to realise that she had been harmed. She confided in her mum.
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60-year old man has been arrested for allegedly molesting a 15-year old girl on a public bus
A 60-year old man has been arrested on suspicion of molesting a teenage girl on a public bus, reported The Straits Times.
The 15-year old victim made a police report on 23rd July alleging that she had been molested while travelling on a bus on Boundary Road in Serangoon.
Cops arrested the suspect in the vicinity of Serangoon Avenue 2 less than an hour after the report was made. Investigations are ongoing.
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6 Children allegedly molested at swimming pool in Singapore
As many as 6 young girls were allegedly molested at a swimming pool in Singapore recently. The incident happened at Hougang Swimming Complex, and police were alerted to it on 13 September 2018.
A 36-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the case.
Children molested at swimming pool in Singapore - According to The Straits Times, the 6 victims were aged between 9 and 13. The suspect was arrested on 24 September along Hougang Avenue 2.
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Man shouldn't be slapping girl while she kneels in public, says Stomper
Stomper Anonymous felt concerned after witnessing the incident at around 9pm & filmed a video, which he then sent to Stomp.
He described what he saw: "The man was seen shouting and slapping a girl, believed to be his daughter, and& asking her to kneel down.
"I do not know what the man was upset about, but he was saying things like, 'I love you, but you cannot say these kind of things to me' and 'It's no longer your mum's place, it is my place'."
related: Police investigating man slapping kneeling child at Tampines carpark
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Angry Father Slaps & Forces Young Daughter to Kneel in an IKEA Carpark
Recently, Stomp reported that a man was caught on camera slapping and forcing his young child to kneel in a public place while another lady who was with them watched helplessly. The incident took place at a carpark in IKEA Tampines, Singapore on a Monday (5 November 2018) night.
The person who witnessed and recorded the shocking incident told Stomp that the whole ordeal took place at around 9pm. The source was quoted by Stomp as saying, “The man was seen shouting and slapping a girl, believed to be his daughter, and asking her to kneel down.” The source, who doesn’t wish to be named, said that he isn’t sure why the father was so angry at the poor child. The girl looked like she was about five or six years old.
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Viral video of child kneeling while getting slapped; considered abuse
A video of a young girl, who is made to kneel in public before a man slaps her hard on the face, has sparked outrage.
So much so that the alleged abuse has been reported to both the police & the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF), which are now investigating the incident.
In the video, taken at about 9pm on Monday, the girl, who looks to be of primary school age, is seen kneeling next to a white car in the carpark of Ikea Tampines.
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Woman taken to court after allegedly allowing boyfriend to sexually abuse daughter
As a mother, she was supposed to protect & care for her daughter.
But the 39-yr-old woman was taken to court yesterday after she allegedly allowed the girl to be sexually abused by her boyfriend.
The woman, who cannot be named to protect the girl's identity, was charged with knowingly permitting the child to be ill-treated.
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8 years’ jail, caning for man who molested 3 girls, including niece, aged 9 & below
A 45-yr-old man was sentenced to eight years' jail & 24 strokes of the cane on Tuesday (Nov 20) for molesting 3 children who were aged between 4 and 9.
Of the three girls, one was his own niece, while another was his four-year-old neighbour. The third victim is believed to be between 6 and 8 years old. The man cannot be identified in order to protect the identity of his now 11-yr-old niece, who was eight when he first molested her.
The married man, who was a research associate at a local university, committed the crimes between Aug 2014 and Jan 2017, when he was caught.
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Maid who claimed she was stressed jailed 7 years for causing toddler's death
Indonesian domestic helper Maryani Usman Utar caused the death of 1-year-old Richelle Teo Yan Jia at a flat in Block 225 Simei Street 4.
The tragedy took place on May 8, 2016, which was Mother's Day, between 2am and 7.36am.
The 25-yr-old pleaded guilty to causing the death of the toddler in her care and was convicted in the High Court yesterday (Nov 22) and jailed for 7 years.
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More must be done to help victims of child sexual abuse
I laud the report on child sexual abuse cases in Singapore (When home is where the sex abuse is, for kids; Aug 26).
Media attention is now focused on the exceptional failings of the Roman Catholic Church as its widespread and& decades-long sexual abuse scandal unfolds.
Few media outlets have highlighted the far larger public health issue, where a majority of sexual abuse cases occur in the home, often by a family member.
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Social workers lauded for helping to curb child abuse
Minister for Social & Family Development Desmond Lee (standing, seventh from right) at a carnival in Our Tampines Hub yesterday to celebrate Big Love Child Protection Specialist Centre's fifth anniversary. ST PHOTO: MATTHIAS CHONG
To most children, items like hangers and cloth rags are just everyday household objects.
But for 2 brothers, these were things to be feared. The boys, aged 4 and 6, were beaten daily with such items by their parents.
The boys both have global developmental delay & their parents thought this was the appropriate way to discipline their special-needs children.
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When the teacher is the bully
When Karen Eubank’s son first complained about his “mean” teacher, she took it with a grain of salt. “Usually ‘mean’ just means a teacher makes you study, is demanding, or wants you to answer questions,” says the Dallas, TX mom. “Not that [the teacher’s] being verbally abusive.”
Unfortunately, that’s exactly what it meant. Eubank had transferred her son from a private school to a new charter that a friend recommended. During the tour, Eubank fell in love with the school — there was a garden, they played music at lunch, the school was “just beautiful,” she says.
But after the school year began, her fourth grader began saying that he didn’t want to go to school. Every day before school, he claimed he felt nauseated. Every afternoon at pickup, he was angry. Eubank assumed the boy was just adjusting to his new school. It wasn’t until Halloween that Eubanks discovered the chilling truth. She asked a child in the class next door to her son’s how he liked school. He replied it that he was fine, but that her son “wasn’t having such a good time.” The teacher, the boy told her, “yells at him all the time and we can hear it in the next room.”
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Child Abuse
Children need a safe and nurturing environment to grow and learn. Child abuse is defined as any act of commission or ommission by a parent or guardian which would endanger or impair the child's physical or emotional well-being or that are judged by a mixture of community values and professionals to be inappropriate.
Child abuse includes:
- Physical Abuse
- Neglect
- Sexual Abuse
- Emotional and Psychological Abuse
- Tinkle Friend
- SAFE SPACE
- HEART@Fei Yue
- Sexual Assault Care Centre (SACC)
- Big Love Child Protection Specialist Centre
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Big Love - Child Protection Specialist Centre
Set up in May 2013, Big Love’s main objective is to help families with Child Protection concerns and for families to improve their functioning and resilience.
Central to Big Love’s philosophy is the belief in providing child-centric, family-focused and community-based support. Case work management and supportive services are conducted in client’s natural environment such as homes, schools, workplaces and within their communities.
These services include:
- Comprehensive Casework Management
- Social Work Programmes
- Public Education & Outreach Events
- Training for Professionals
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Online chat service for troubled pupils
Children who need a listening ear can tap an online chat service launched yesterday by the Singapore Children’s Society.
Called Tinkle Friend Online, it is the only such chat service for distressed children here & adds to the society’s phone helpline, which has seen a drop in calls.
Last year, 1,701 calls were made to the toll-free Tinkle Friend helpline, down from 2,508 in 2012, & 4,662 in 2008.
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Pedophilia
Pedophilia is an ongoing sexual attraction to pre-pubertal children. It is a paraphilia, a condition in which a person's sexual arousal and gratification depends on objects, activities, or even situations that are considered atypical. Pedophilia is defined as recurrent and intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child or children—generally age 13 years or younger—over a period of at least six months. Pedophiles are more often men and can be attracted to either or both sexes.
Pedophilic disorder can be diagnosed in people who are willing to disclose this paraphilia, as well as in people who deny any sexual attraction to children but demonstrate objective evidence of pedophilia. For the condition to be diagnosed, an individual must either act on their sexual urges or experience significant distress or interpersonal difficulty as a result of their urges or fantasies. Without these two criteria, a person may have pedophilic sexual desires but not pedophilic disorder. The prevalence of pedophilic disorder is unknown, as the social stigma around it does not invite people to self-identify. Estimates of its prevalence range from one to five percent of the male population. There are believed to be only a small fraction of a percent of women, if any at all, who experience pedophilia.
Pedophilic sexual offenders are usually family, friends, or relatives of their victims. The types of pedophilic activities vary, and may include just looking at a child or undressing and touching a child. However, acts often involve oral sex or touching the genitals of the child or the offender. Studies suggest that children who feel uncared for or lonely may be at higher risk for sexual abuse.
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Sexual offences against children and young people:
Reformative training for youth who had sex with 2 underage girls and impregnated them
Sex predator who used Instagram to lure girls to his home gets 12½ yrs’ jail, caning
YouTuber Dee Kosh jailed 32 weeks for sexual offences against young people
Man gets jail for having paid sex with minor he met on Sugarbook website
Man admits sexually exploiting minors, including 2 sisters he met on chat group
4 men charged with molesting children in places including restaurant, HDB block
‘Paedophilic’ man who abused several children face new charge involving another victim
11½ years' jail for man who sexually abused underaged stepdaughter and sister-in-law
Repeat child sex offender sentenced to 52 months' jail, cane for offences against girl, 13
20 years' detention for paedophile who sexually abused 2 grand-nieces
Jail for woman who committed sexual acts on daughter's underage male friend with disability
Father who sexually abused intellectually disabled daughter jailed 20 years
Man who sexually abused daughter since she was 3 gets 28 years' jail and caning
13 years' jail for 71-year-old man who raped step-granddaughter when she was nine
29 yrs' jail, caning for man who raped 13-yr-old daughter, forced son to rape drunk mother
Jail for repeat offender who offered cash to underage girl in exchange for sexual services
Male teacher who performed indecent acts on two 15-yr-old girls sentenced to 4 yrs' jail
Jail, caning for man who force-fed vodka to 13-yr-old and raped her in park
33 years and 2 months' jail, 24 strokes of cane for man who raped 3 daughters
Tutor jailed 45 years for sexually abusing 8 kids, including some with special needs
‘Paedophilic’ driver who preyed on young girls, autistic boy gets 11 yrs and 7 months’ jailSix weeks’ jail for director at firm who gave youth $200 in exchange for sex
Repeat child sex offender sentenced to 52 months' jail, cane for offences against girl, 13
20 years' detention for paedophile who sexually abused 2 grand-nieces
Jail for woman who committed sexual acts on daughter's underage male friend with disability
Father who sexually abused intellectually disabled daughter jailed 20 years
Man who sexually abused daughter since she was 3 gets 28 years' jail and caning
13 years' jail for 71-year-old man who raped step-granddaughter when she was nine
29 yrs' jail, caning for man who raped 13-yr-old daughter, forced son to rape drunk mother
Jail for repeat offender who offered cash to underage girl in exchange for sexual services
Male teacher who performed indecent acts on two 15-yr-old girls sentenced to 4 yrs' jail
Jail, caning for man who force-fed vodka to 13-yr-old and raped her in park
33 years and 2 months' jail, 24 strokes of cane for man who raped 3 daughters
Tutor jailed 45 years for sexually abusing 8 kids, including some with special needs
‘Paedophilic’ driver who preyed on young girls, autistic boy gets 11 yrs and 7 months’ jailSix weeks’ jail for director at firm who gave youth $200 in exchange for sex
Teen performed sex act and had sex with underage girlfriends‘Paedophilic’ driver preyed on young girls, and autistic boy
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Spate of child abuse: Pedophilia
Protecting Our Minors from Underage Sex Crimes
Public disquiet over underage sex case
Children Handcuffed And Arrested By Police
Teen Found Dead After Police Investigation
Toddlers died after abuse by mum
Pre-school teacher who humiliated 5-year-old boy suspended
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Protecting Our Minors from Underage Sex Crimes
Public disquiet over underage sex case
Children Handcuffed And Arrested By Police
Teen Found Dead After Police Investigation
Toddlers died after abuse by mum
Pre-school teacher who humiliated 5-year-old boy suspended
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Spate of Online Scams
Spate of NUS molestation cases
Spate of fires linked to charging of PMDs
Spate of maid abuse cases
Spate of Mishaps at crown Jewel
Spate of Scoot 'flight disruptions'
Spate of fires linked to charging of PMDs
Spate of maid abuse cases
Spate of Mishaps at crown Jewel
Spate of Scoot 'flight disruptions'
Spate of Teacher-Student Misconduct
Spate of SingPost 'service failures'
Spate of Data Breaches In Singapore
Spate of MOH's slip-ups
Spate of food poisoning cases
Spate of molestation and outrage of modesty
Spate of MRT disruptions
Spate of e-bike accidents
Spate of cars flipping over
Spate of facade cladding falling off
Spate of Escalator accidents
Spate of lift accidents
Spate of SingPost 'service failures'
Spate of Data Breaches In Singapore
Spate of MOH's slip-ups
Spate of food poisoning cases
Spate of molestation and outrage of modesty
Spate of MRT disruptions
Spate of e-bike accidents
Spate of cars flipping over
Spate of facade cladding falling off
Spate of Escalator accidents
Spate of lift accidents
